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Sanskrit prosody

Sanskrit prosody or Chhandas (Sanskrit: छन्दः) refers to one of the six Vedangas, or limbs of Vedic studies. It is the study of poetic metres and verse in Sanskrit. This field of study was central to the composition of the Vedas, the scriptural canons of Hinduism; in fact, so central that some later Hindu and Buddhist texts refer to the Vedas as Chhandas.

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RigvedaBrahmanasPaniniEpicsSutras
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Elements

Sanskrit poetryMahabharataRamayanaMoraeShiksha
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Usage

EpicsQuatrainsHemistichsCoupletShlokas
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The seven birds: major Sanskrit metres

MātrāsHindu philosophySamkhyakarikaSamkhyaAryabhata
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antibacchius
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trochee, choree
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cretic, amphimacer

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  • IAST International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration
  • Vedas Veda

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The seven birds: major Sanskrit metres

Metres as tools for literary architecture

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related to Sources · 97
Sanskrit prosody → Albrecht, An, An Aesthetic Cultural History, Annette Wilke, Arnold, Arthur Anthony, Ashwini, Beck, Bombay, Brown, California Press, Cambridge University Press, Chandoracana, Charles Philip, Classical Sanskrit, Co, Colebrooke, Communication, Coulson, CS1
related to External links · 51
Sanskrit prosody → Archived, Arvind KolhatkarA, Ashwini Deo, August, BapatIntroduction, Brown, Bucharest, Buddha CharitaVrittaratnakara, CEAS, Chandomanjari, Chapter XV, Charles, Co, Compiled, Dr, GaneshIntensive Course, GermanySanskrit, Harvard University Archives, HathiTrust, Hindi
related to Morae-based metres · 19
Sanskrit prosody → Arya, Aryabhata, Aryagiti, Examples, Gana-chandas, Gana-vritta, Giti, Hindu, In, Kalidasa, Prakrit, Samkhya, Samkhyakarika, Sanskrit, Sixteen, The, This, Udgiti, Upagiti
related to history · 16
Sanskrit prosody → About, BCE, Bhāṣā, Chhandas, Hindu, Hinduism, Panini's, Post-Vedic, Rigveda, Sanskrit, Seven, The, The Brahmanas, Vedas, Vedic, Vedic Sanskrit
related to Chandas and mathematics · 14
Sanskrit prosody → Fibonacci, For, Halayudha's, Halāyudha's, Indian, Matrameru, Pascal's, Pingala, Pingala Sutras, Ratnakarashanti's Chandoratnakara, Sanskrit, The, The Pingala Sutras, Vedic
related to Outside India · 14
Sanskrit prosody → Asian, Buddhist, Cambodia, Chinese, Evidence, India, Its, Mahachat, Sanskrit, Shen Yueh, Sri Lanka, Thai, Thai Chan, The Sanskrit Chanda
related to The seven birds: major Sanskrit metres · 14
Sanskrit prosody → Annette Wilke, Anustubh, Brihaspati, Brihati, Chandas, Gāyatrī, Jagati, Oliver Moebus, Pankti, Sanskrit, The, The Vedic Sanskrit, Tristubh, Ushnih
related to Stanzas · 8
Sanskrit prosody → Ardhasamavritta, Indian, Samavritta, Sanskrit, The, Vishamavritta, Vritta, When
related to Gaṇa · 5
Sanskrit prosody → Gaṇa, It, Pingala, Pingala's Chandah Sutra, Sanskrit
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Sanskrit prosody → pyrrhic, dibrach

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sanskrit metres prosody metre texts syllables vedic verse chhandas hindu morae also ancient pingala three four greek syllable two poetry

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