Medhavirudra, Medhāvirudra: 3 definitions
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Medhavirudra 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaMedhāvirudra (मेधाविरुद्र) is the name of an important person (viz., an Ācārya or Kavi) mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—A blind poet by birth, who known to his rhetoric work.
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 CatalogorumMedhāvirudra (मेधाविरुद्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—wrote on Alaṃkāra. Quoted by Nami on Kāvyālaṃkāra 1, 2. 2, 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMedhāvirudra (मेधाविरुद्र):—[=medhā-vi-rudra] [from medhā-vin > medhā > medh] m. Name of an author, [Catalogue(s)]
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: Medhavi, Rudra, Metavi.
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Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
11: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Rājaśekhara (11th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 3.3a - Nature of Pratibhā (poetic genious) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Appendix 1 - Ācārya, Kavi and important persons mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 5 - Some prominent Kashmiri Sanskrit poets < [Chapter I - Introduction]