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Tripura (other)
Tripura is a state of India. Tripura may also refer to: * Tripura (mythology), three cities in Hindu mythology * Tripura Kingdom, or Twipra Kingdom, a historical kingdom of India from the 15th century to 1949 * Tripura (princely state), a princely state in India during and shortly after the British Raj * Tripura (Telugu author) (1928–2013), Indian Telugu-language short-story writer * ''Tripura'' (film), a 2015 Indian Telugu film * '' Macrobrochis'' or ''Tripura'', a genus of moths See also * Tripuri (other) * '' Tripura Buranji'', an 18th-century Indian manuscript * Tripura Sundari Tripura Sundari (Sanskrit: त्रिपुरसुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Lalita, Shodashi, Kamakshi, and Rajarajeshvari, is a Hindu goddess, revered primarily within the Shaktism tradition and recognized as o ..., a Hindu goddess * Tripurasundari (other) * {{disambiguation [Baidu] |
Tripura
Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east and by Bangladesh to the north, south and west. Tripura is divided into List of districts of Tripura, 8 districts and 23 sub-divisions, where Agartala is the capital and the largest city in the state. Tripura has 19 different tribal communities with a majority Bengalis, Bengali population. Bengali language, Bengali, Indian English, English and Kokborok are the state's official languages. The area of modern Tripura — ruled for several centuries by the Manikya Dynasty — was part of the Tripuri Kingdom (also known as Hill Tippera). It became a princely state under the British Raj during its tenure, and acceded to independent India in 1947. It merged with India in 1949 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripura (mythology)
In Hindu mythology, Tripura were three cities constructed by the great Asura architect Mayasura. They were great cities of prosperity, power and dominance over the world, but due to their impious nature, Maya's cities were destroyed by god Tripurantaka or Tripurari, an aspect of Shiva. The three cities were made of gold, silver and iron and were located on the heaven, earth and underworld planes respectively. The term ''Tripura'' means "three cities" or "three fortresses". Legend Penances of the sons of Taraka Following the death of Tarakasura, who was killed by Kartikeya, his sons Tarakaksha, Vidyunmali, and Kamalaksha undertook severe penances by which they pleased Brahma. They requested that they might be made immortal. Brahma declined their request, telling them that nothing can be immortal. Then Tarakaksha, Vidyunmali and Kamalaksha asked to be blessed with impregnable fortresses, which would be everlasting. When Brahma told them that nothing could be everlasting, they r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripura Kingdom
The Twipra Kingdom (), anglicized as Tipperah, was one of the largest historical kingdoms of the Tripuri people in Northeast India. Legend A list of legendary Tripuri kings is given in the Rajmala chronicle, a 15th-century chronicle in Bengali written by the court pandits of Dharma Manikya I (r. 1431). The chronicle traces the king's ancestry to the mythological Lunar Dynasty. Druhyu, the son of Yayati, became king of the land of Kirata and constructed a city named Trivega on the bank of Kapila river. His kingdom was bounded by the river Tairang on the north, Acaranga on the south, Mekhali on the east, Koch and Vanga on the west. The daughter of the King of Hedamba was married to King Trilochona of Trivega. The King of Hedamba, having no heir, made the eldest son of Trilochona the king of his land. After the death of Trilochona, his second son Daksina became King of Tripura. Daksina shared the wealth of the kingdom among his eleven brothers. Being the eldest son of Triloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripura (princely State)
Tripura State, also known as Hill Tipperah, was a princely state in India during the period of the British Raj and for some two years after the departure of the British. Its rulers belonged to the Manikya dynasty and until August 1947 the state was in a subsidiary alliance, from which it was released by the Indian Independence Act 1947. The state Instrument of Accession, acceded to the newly independent Dominion of India, Indian Union on 13 August 1947, and subsequently Tripura Merger Agreement, merged into the Indian Union in October 1949. The princely state was located in the present-day Indian state of Tripura. The state included one town, Agartala, as well as a total of 1,463 villages. It had an area of 10,660 km2 and a population of 513,000 inhabitants in 1941. History The predecessor state of Tripura was founded about 100 AD. According to legend, the Manikya dynasty derived its name from a Gemstone, jewel ('Mani' in Sanskrit) that had been obtained fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripura (Telugu Author)
Rayasam Venkata Tripurantakeswara Rao (2 September 1928 – 24 May 2013), popularly known as Tripura, was an Indian Telugu short story writer of the 1960s and 1970s. He was born on 2 September 1928 in Purushottampur Tehsil of Ganjam District of Orissa state. His father was a surgeon and worked in Government Hospital there. Tripura had his initial schooling at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and completed his M.A. (English) from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1953. He did not complete his doctoral thesis on Graham Greene. Tripura initially worked at various places like Burma, Madanapalli, Visakhapatnam, and Jajpur, before settling down in 1960 at Tripura University, Agartala, in the North Eastern State of Tripura, India. Tripura lived in Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh. He died on 24 May 2013, at the age of 84. Education and career R.V.T.K. Rao wrote only 13 short stories in a decade spanning from 1963 to 1973 under the pen name Tripura. Another two stories be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripura (film)
''Tripura'' is a 2015 Telugu horror-action film directed by Raj Kiran, starring Swathi Reddy and Naveen Chandra in the lead roles and produced by A Chinna Babu and M Rajasekhar. Kamran composed the film's soundtrack. This Movie Also dubbed in Hindi & Tamil by The Same Title by Zee Cinema & Zee Thirai. Plot Tripura ( Swathi Reddy) is a village girl who has weird dreams, and all those dreams come true. Tripura is taken to Hyderabad for her treatment about the dreams. There she meets a doctor, Naveen Chandra ( Naveen Chandra), and they both fall in love and get married. They soon move into a big penthouse and Tripura notices paranormal activities. The doctor's colleague and friend, Dr. Eesha (Pooja Ramachandran) goes missing. As time passes, Tripura continues to get these dreams, until one day where she sees herself killing her husband with a knife. Naveen's friend, Tilak, a police officer ( Tilak Shekar) is working to search for Eesha. He tells Tripura that Naveen killed E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrobrochis
''Macrobrochis'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. Species * '' Macrobrochis alba'' (Fang, 1990) * '' Macrobrochis albifascia'' (Fang, 1982) * '' Macrobrochis albovenosa'' Černý, 1990 * '' Macrobrochis borneensis'' Roepke, 1939 * '' Macrobrochis dirhabdus'' (Rothschild, 1920) * '' Macrobrochis fukiensis'' (Daniel, 1952) * '' Macrobrochis gigas'' Walker, 1854 * '' Macrobrochis grahami'' (Schaus, 1924) * '' Macrobrochis hampsoni'' (Schaus, 1924) * '' Macrobrochis holosericea'' (Hampson, 1901) * '' Macrobrochis infernalis'' Roepke, 1938 * '' Macrobrochis lucida'' (Fang, 1990) * '' Macrobrochis nigra'' (Daniel, 1952) * '' Macrobrochis nigripes'' (Hampson, 1900) * '' Macrobrochis notabilis'' Kishida, 1992 * ''Macrobrochis splendens'' Butler, 1877 * '' Macrobrochis tibetensis'' (Fang, 1990) * '' Macrobrochis volzi'' (Weymer, 1909) Former species * '' Macrobrochis cocciniceps'' Mabille, 1884 * '' Macro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri (other)
Tripuri refer to: *Tripuri people, an ethnic group in India and Bangladesh, also known as Tipra people **Tripuri language **Tripuri nationalism **Tripuri calendar **Tripuri culture **Tripuri cuisine **Tripuri dances **Tripuri dress **Tripuri games and sports *Tripuri Kshatriya, a Vaishnav caste group including almost all the members of the Tripuri, Reang, Jamatia and Noatia ethnic groups *Tripuri, Madhya Pradesh, ancient Kalchuri capital near Jabalpur *Twipra Kingdom, also called the Tripuri Kingdom *Tripura (princely state), a British protectorate from 1809 to 1949 *Tripura, a state in northeast India See also *Tipra (other) *Tripura (other) Tripura is a state of India. Tripura may also refer to: * Tripura (mythology), three cities in Hindu mythology * Tripura Kingdom, or Twipra Kingdom, a historical kingdom of India from the 15th century to 1949 * Tripura (princely state), a princel ... {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
