Prapancabuddhi, Prapañcabuddhi, Prapanca-buddhi: 7 definitions
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Prapancabuddhi 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Prapanchabuddhi.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPrapañcabuddhi (प्रपञ्चबुद्धि).—A beggar with astonishing powers mentioned in Kathāsaritsāgara.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraPrapañcabuddhi (प्रपञ्चबुद्धि) is the name of a mendicant from Pāṭaliputra, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 38. Accordingly, “long ago a mendicant named Prapañcabuddhi used to enter my [king Vikramāditya’s] hall of audience in Pāṭaliputra every day and give me a box. For a whole year I gave these boxes, just as they were, unopened, into the hand of my treasurer”.
The story of Prapañcabuddhi and Vikramāditya was narrated by Marubhūti in order to demonstrate that “women are generally fickle, but not always, for even courtesans are seen to be rich in good qualities, much more others”, in other words, that “even courtesans are occasionally of noble character and as faithful to kings as their own wives, much more than matrons of high birth”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Prapañcabuddhi, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrapañcabuddhi (प्रपञ्चबुद्धि).—a. cunning, deceitful.
Prapañcabuddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prapañca and buddhi (बुद्धि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrapañcabuddhi (प्रपञ्चबुद्धि).—Adj. Cunning, artful.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prapañcabuddhi (प्रपञ्चबुद्धि):—[=pra-pañca-buddhi] [from pra-pañca] mfn. having a cunning mind, artful
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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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