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Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Olaga (ओलग) in Prakrit refers to a “servant”, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—(CDIAL 2227; Bloomfield 1924 p. 225; Balbir 1986 p. 76); cf. avalagā “service” (ST p. 106).

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ōḷaga (ओळग).—m C A hollowed cocoanut having a handle. Used as a vessel. The bēlēṃ is without a handle.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ōlaga (ಓಲಗ):—

1) [noun] a hall (in a palace) where a king holds formal meetings, reception, public hearing, etc.; a royal court.

2) [noun] an assemblage of advisors, and attendants of a sovereign.

3) [noun] a group of royal-court musicians.

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Ōlaga (ಓಲಗ):—[noun] the profession of a person appointed for the service of a king.

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Ōlaga (ಓಲಗ):—

1) [noun] a single-reed wind instrument with a long wooden tube played by means of holes, having a range of nearly three octaves and a high, penetrating tone, used on auspicious occasions besides rendering independently; the South-Indian oboe.

2) [noun] ಓಲಗ ಊದಿಸು [olaga udisu] ōlaga ūdisu (fig) to conduct a formal marriage ceremony.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with (+12): Olagadadu, Olagade, Olagadi, Olagagisu, Olagagodu, Olagagollu, Olagagu, Olagai, Olagakara, Olagakarti, Olagalavamtige, Olagaltale, Olagamgodu, Olagamgudu, Olagamir, Olagampare, Olagamtu, Olagan, Olagannu, Olagari.

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Full-text: Olaolaga, Olagashala, Ogala, Valaga, Olakkam, Kombu.

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