Shilahara, Śilāhāra: 4 definitions
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Shilahara 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.
The Sanskrit term Śilāhāra can be transliterated into English as Silahara or Shilahara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraŚīlahara (शीलहर) is the son of a merchant (vaṇij) from Kauśāmbī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 58. Accordingly, “... and she [Candraśrī] beheld from a window a merchant’s handsome son, of the name of Śīlahara, and she sent her female friend to invite him to her house, and there she used to have assignations with him in secret”.
The story of Śīlahara was narrated by Tapantaka to Naravāhanadatta in order to instruct him that he should “never repose any confidence at all in women, for they are all light, even those that, being married or unmarried, dwell in their father’s house, as well as those that are courtesans by profession”. Also that “the way of a woman’s heart truly hard to understand; they fall in love with strange men, and die when separated from their husbands”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śīlahara, 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: What is India: Inscriptions of the ŚilāhārasŚilāhāra (शिलाहार) or Śilāra refers to a royal dynasty, whose geneology (line of kings) is mentioned in the “Prince of Wales museum plates of Chadvaideva”.—Accordingly, its origins have been described as follows: “There lived the Vidyādhara named Jīmutavāhana, the son of Jīmutakētu, who, by his own deeds, surpassed the fame of others, who became enriched by his policy and valour−the illustrious one who, by surrendering his own body, rescued serpents... Having heard about him who endeared himself (to the gods) in heaven,... the forbears (of the Śilāhāras) resorted to him for (their) birth out of regard for (his) merits... The forbears (of the Śilāhāras) in the guise of Śīlāra, protected the ocean which had been terrified by the arrow of Paraśurāma, and since then have obtained that name (viz. Śīlāra)”.
The Śilāhāras treated impartially the followers of all the three religious, Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina, and their sects, and constructed temples of all these faiths. Their feudatories, officers, merchants and the general public imitated them. We have given detailed information about them in the Chapter on Religious Condition. Very few of these religious structures are in a good condition at present. Only the remains of some are now extant, while others have disappeared. We propose to describe briefly some of those that are still extant.
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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīlahara (शीलहर):—[=śīla-hara] [from śīla > śīl] m. ‘destroying virtue’, 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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Partial matches: Shila, Hara, Cila.
Starts with: Shilaharana.
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