Mrigankalekha, Mṛgāṅkalekhā: 5 definitions
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Mrigankalekha 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.
The Sanskrit term Mṛgāṅkalekhā can be transliterated into English as Mrgankalekha or Mrigankalekha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraMṛgāṅkalekhā (मृगाङ्कलेखा) is the daughter of the Vidyādhara king Śaśitejas, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 65. Accordingly, as a female ascetic said to prince Hiraṇyākṣa: “... there is a glorious king of the Vidyādharas on the Himalayas, named Śaśitejas. He has a beautiful daughter, named Mṛgāṅkalekhā, whose loveliness keeps the princes of the Vidyādharas awake at night. And she will be a fitting wife for you, and you will be a suitable husband for her”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Mṛgāṅkalekhā, 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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMṛgāṅkalekha (मृगाङ्कलेख) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—nāṭaka, by Viśvanāthadeva. Bühler 542.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mṛgāṅkalekha (मृगाङ्कलेख):—[=mṛgāṅka-lekha] [from mṛgāṅka > mṛga > mṛg] m. Name of [work]
2) Mṛgāṅkalekhā (मृगाङ्कलेखा):—[=mṛgāṅka-lekhā] [from mṛgāṅka > mṛga > mṛg] f. Name of the daughter of a king of the Vidyā-dharas, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] of a woman, [Hāsyārṇava]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mriganka, Lekha.
Starts with: Mrigankalekhakatha.
Full-text: Mrigankalekhakatha, Vishvanathadeva, Shashitejas.
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