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मदनमाला (madanamAlA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मदन—माला (Kathās. )
f.
N.
of two women.
Chandas
Sanskrit
सम-वृत्तम्,
अक्षराणि-
44,
पादेऽक्षराणि-
11
मात्राः - 15
सङ्ख्याजातिः - त्रिष्टुभ्
मात्रा-विन्यासः
दा दा दा दा
लक्षण-मूलम् - आनन्दमिश्र-जालक्षेत्रम्
पुराणम्
English
मदनमाला / MADANAMĀLĀ. A celebrated prostitute of the city of Pratiṣṭhāna. narasiṁha, King of Pratiṣṭhāna, did not surrender himself to vikramāditya, emperor of pāṭalīputra. The resourceful vikramāditya went to Pratiṣṭhāna and caught hold of the prostitute madanamālā first and then through her subdued the King narasiṁha. After that vikramāditya took madanamālā to his place and made her stay there. (Taraṅga 4, Ratnaprabhālambaka, kathāsaritsāgara).