Bhujangaprayata, Bhujanga-prayata, Ჹṅgٲ, Bhujamgaprayata: 9 definitions
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraᲹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात) is another name for Aprameyā, which refers to a type of syllabic metre (ṛtٲ), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first, the fourth, the seventh and tenth syllables of a foot (岹) are light (laghu), while the rest of the syllables are heavy (guru).
⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦
⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦
Ჹṅgٲ falls in the Jagatī class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four 岹s (‘foot� or ‘quarter-verse�) containing twelve syllables each.

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Ჹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the ԻDzԳśԲ. Ჹṅgٲ corresponds to Aprameyā (according to Bharata). Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of ṇa or letters do not differ.
2) Ჹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by ñṇḍ (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. ñṇḍ was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., Ჹṅgٲ) in 20 verses.
3) Ჹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात) refers to one of the 130 varṇaṛtٲs (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the ṛtٲܰ屹ī, ascribed to ٳܰ岹ٳٲ (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇaṛtٲ (e.g., Ჹṅg-ٲ) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
4) Ჹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात) refers to one of the 34 varṇaṛtٲs (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the ṛtٲṇiñūṣ�, whose authorship could be traced (also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum� XXXI. p. 7).
5) Ჹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇaṛtٲ (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Ծܰṇa. The Ծܰṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the Ჹṅg-ٲ metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryᲹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात).—Name of a metre having each quarter of twelve syllables; भुजङ्गप्रयात� भवेद� यैश्चतुर्भिः (Ჹṅgٲ� bhaved yaiścaturbhi�) V. Ratna.
Derivable forms: Ჹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयातम्).
Ჹṅgٲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms Ჹṅg and ٲ (प्रयात).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryᲹṅgٲ (भुजङ्गप्रयात).—n.
(-ٲ�) A species of the Jagati metre.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhujaṃgaٲ (भुजंगप्रया�).—[neuter] [Name] of a metre.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhujaṃgaٲ (भुजंगप्रया�):—[=bhujaṃga-ٲ] [from bhujaṃga > bhuj] n. ‘s° like course�, Name of a metre, [Śrutabodha]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhujaṃgaٲ (ಭುಜಂಗಪ್ರಯಾ�):—[noun] (pros.) a verse having four groups of three syllables, each group having one short syllabic instant followed by two long ones (u—).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhujanga, Bhujaga, Prayata.
Starts with: Bhujangaprayatashtaka, Bhujangaprayatastotra.
Full-text: Bhujamgaprayatastotra, Bhujangaprayatastotra, Bhujamgaprayatashtaka, Ganeshabhujamgaprayatastotra, Aprameya, Shivabhujangastotra, Shankaracarya.
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