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Gadyavritta, Ҳⲹṛtٲ, Gadya-vritta: 1 definition

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Gadyavritta 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 Ҳⲹṛtٲ can be transliterated into English as Gadyavrtta or Gadyavritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Ҳⲹṛtٲ (गद्यवृत्�) or simply Gadya.—As the metres are used in padyas, there are also metres, prescribed for gadyas. Gaṅgādāsa (authr of Chandomañjarī), Raghunātha Dāsa (author of Vṛttāvalī), Gopīnātha Pātra (author of Kavicintāmaṇi) advocate about these kind of metres in a certain method. Candraśekhara (author of Vṛttamauktika) divides the whole ṅmⲹ in two groups i.e. padya and gadya. He defines gadya as the composition, which is distracted with . He again divides the gadya into three viz. Cūrṇaka, Utkalikāprāya and Vṛttagandhi.

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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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