Modhera, 惭辞岣峢别谤腻: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature惭辞岣峢别谤腻 is the name of a village from which the Mo岣峢a family hailed. Hemacandra was the son of C膩ciga of Mo岣峢ava峁兣沘 and P膩hi峁嚹�. The Mo岣峢a family hailed from a village called 惭辞岣峢别谤腻. Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.), the famous Jain author who has contributed a lot to the study of Sanskrit Prosody by way of writing his monumental work 颁丑补苍诲辞苍耻艣腻蝉补苍补.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) 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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Starts with: Modheraka, Modheraya.
Full-text: 笔补丑颈峁噄, Caciga, Modha, Modhavamsha, Hemacandra.
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