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Candavrishtiprapata, 䲹ṇḍṛṣṭiٲ, Canda-vrishti-prapata: 3 definitions

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Candavrishtiprapata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term 䲹ṇḍṛṣṭiٲ can be transliterated into English as Candavrstiprapata or Candavrishtiprapata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chandavrishtiprapata.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Candavrishtiprapata in Chandas glossary
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

䲹ṇḍṛṣṭiٲ (चण्डवृष्टिप्रपात) refers to one of the eight kinds of 岹ṇḍ첹 according to 첹ṇaū (C. 16th century) in his Vṛttamālā 61. 첹ṇaū was an exponent on Sanskrit metrics belongs to Kāmarūpa (modern Assam). Accordingly, “If there are seven -ṇa exist after two Բ-ṇa, then it generates the 岹ṇḍ첹 namely Canḍavṛṣṭiprapāta�.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Candavrishtiprapata in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

䲹ṇḍṛṣṭiٲ (चण्डवृष्टिप्रपात):—[=ṇḍ-ṛṣṭi-ٲ] [from caṇḍa > caṇḍ] m. (or? n.) ‘impetuous rainfall�, a metre of 4 lines of 27 syllables each (the first 6 being short and the rest forming 7 Amphimacers).

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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.

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