Matangapura, Mātaṅgapura, Matanga-pura: 3 definitions
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Matangapura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraMātaṅgapura (मातङ्गपुर) is the name of an ancient city, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 108. Accordingly, “... and when he [Naravāhanadatta] had completed half his journey [towards Govindakūṭa] he came to the palace of Dhanavatī, which was called Mātaṅgapura, and he stayed there that day, and she did the honours of the house to him. And while he was there, he sent an ambassador to challenge to the combat the Vidyādhara princes Gaurīmuṇḍa and Mānasavega”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Mātaṅgapura, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Pura, Matanga.
Full-text: Nirjhara, Rudhiranirjhara, Rudhira, Sravadrudhira.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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