Dharmasena: 7 definitions
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Dharmasena means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexDharmasena (धर्मसेन).—A son of Māndhāta.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 12. 35.
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: KathāsaritsāgaraDharmasena (धर्मसेन) is the name of a merchant (vaṇij) from Tāmraliptī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 69. Accordingly, as the Muni Vijitāsu said to Puṣkarākṣa: “... there was in old time a merchant in Tāmraliptī, named Dharmasena, and he had a beautiful wife named Vidyullekhā. As it happened he was robbed by bandits and wounded with weapons by them, and longing for death, he went out with his wife to enter the fire”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dharmasena, 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’.
India history and geography
Source: Wikipedia: India HistoryDharmasena (Dஹர்மஸெந) or Dharmasenar is another name for Appar—a seventh-century Tamil Shaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Shaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is generally placed sometime between 570 and 650 CE. [...] Appar is also known as Tirunavukkaracar (lit. "King of the Tongue, Lord of Language"). His birth-name was Marulneekkiyar, and was renamed to Dharmasenar while he studied and later served as the head of a Jain monastery. After he returned to Shaivism and began composing devotional hymns to Shiva, he has been historically referred to as Appar (lit. "father"), after the child poet-saint Sambandar lovingly called him Appar
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumDharmasena (धर्मसेन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Rāyamukuṭa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dharmasena (धर्मसेन):—[=dharma-sena] [from dharma > dhara] m. Name of a king, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]
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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: Sena, Tarma, Dharma, Cena.
Starts with: Dharmasenar.
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Full-text: Vidyullekha, Hirekangi, Candravati, Vinnana Kicca.
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Search found 16 books and stories containing Dharmasena, Dharma-sena; (plurals include: Dharmasenas, senas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Review on ergogenic effect of withania somnifera (l.) dunal < [2020, Issue 8, August]
Traces of Mysticism in Jainism (Study) (by Sadhvi Madhystha Prabha)
8. Are Labdhis Obtained Today? < [Chapter 5 - Mysticism at the level of Body and Mind]
Vasudevahindi (cultural history) (by A. P. Jamkhedkar)
2. Introduction to Vasudevahindi < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Dynasty of Ikṣvāku < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The State and organizations of Kingdoms < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
Tantric Buddhism in Orissa (Introduction) < [Chapter 2]
The Buddha and His Teachings (by Narada Thera)