Samaratunga, Samaratuṅga: 3 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Kavya
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Samaratunga 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: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Samaratuṅga (समरतुङ्ग) is the name of a prince and servant of Naravāhanadatta as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 54. Accordingly, “... and the next day, when he [Naravāhanadatta] was in the hall of assembly, the heroic Prince Samaratuṅga, who had been his servant ever since he was a boy, came and said: ‘Prince, my relation Saṅgrāmavarṣa has ravaged my territory, with the help of his four sons, Vīrajita, and the others. So I will go myself and bring them all five here as prisoners. Let my lord know this’”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Samaratuṅga, 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.

context information

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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samaratuṅga (समरतुङ्ग):—[=sam-ara-tuṅga] [from sam-ara > sam-ṛ] m. ‘eminent in b°’, Name of warrior, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Samaratunga in German

context information

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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