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The Sarangapani Temple, Thirukudanthai, or Kumbakonam koyil is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham by the 12 poet saints, or Alvars. [1]
This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Most of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meaning of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed. Both languages belong to the Indo-European language family and have numerous cognate terms; some examples are "mortal", "mother", "father" and the names of the ...
Sharanga (Sanskrit: शारङ्ग, romanized: Śāraṅga) also spelt as Saranga, is the celestial bow of the Hindu god Vishnu, [1] primarily associated with his avatar of Rama. [2] In South India, the Sharanga is also simply known as the Kodanda, literally meaning bow. [3] Rama is often praised as Kodandapani, the holder of the Kodanda.
Sarangapani was a composer of Carnatic music who lived during the 17th century in the village of Karvetinagaram in Andhra Pradesh. [1] He is famous for his composition of Padams, a type of Carnatic song sung during Bharatanatyam performances.
The Pancharanga Kshetrams (Sanskrit: पञ्चरङ्ग क्षेत्रम्, romanized: Pañcaraṅga Kṣetram, lit. 'Five abodes/stages of Ranganatha') or Pancharangams is a group of five sacred Hindu temples, dedicated to Ranganatha, a form of the deity Vishnu, on the banks of the Kaveri River. The five Pancharanga Kshetrams in ...
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The Sanskrit version of the Panchatantra text gives names to the animal characters, but these names are creative with double meanings. [69] The names connote the character observable in nature but also map a human personality that a reader can readily identify.
William Jones published the first English translation of any Sanskrit play in 1789. About 3 decades later, Horace Hayman Wilson published the first major English survey of Sanskrit drama, including 6 full translations (Mṛcchakatika, Vikramōrvaśīyam, Uttararamacarita, Malatimadhava, Mudrarakshasa, and Ratnavali).