Pramitakshara, ʰṣa, Pramita-akshara, ʰṣa: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms ʰṣa and ʰṣa can be transliterated into English as Pramitaksara or Pramitakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) refers to a type of syllabic metre (ṛtٲ), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the third, the fifth, the ninth and the twelfth syllables of a foot (岹) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu).
⏑⎼¦⏑⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦
⏑⎼¦⏑⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦
ʰṣa 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.
2) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) is the name of a meter belonging to the Natkuṭa class described in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32:—“the metre which has in its feet of twelve syllables, the third, the fifth, the ninth and the last long, is ṣa�.
: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the ṛtٲ-type (ṣaԻ岹: metres regulated by ṣa, syllabes).—The metre, ʰṣa contains twelve syllables in each and every quarter and theṇa are sa, ja, sa and sa. This metre is found to be employed in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita.

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) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) 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. ʰṣa corresponds to Citrā. 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) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by ñṇḍ (1794-1868 C.E.) in his ṛtٲratnāvalī. 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., ʰṣa) in 20 verses.
3) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) refers to one of the 130 varṇaṛtٲs (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the ṛtٲmuktāvalī, 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., ṣa) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
4) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) 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 ṣa 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 dictionaryʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा).�f. Name of a metre having each quarter comprised of 12 syllables.
ʰṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramita and ṣa (अक्षरा).
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ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्ष�).—few words.
Derivable forms: ṣa (प्रमिताक्षरम�).
ʰṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramita and ṣa (अक्ष�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा).—f.
(-) 1. A species of Jagati metre. 2. The name of the commentary on Muhurta chintamani.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा).—[feminine] [Name] of a metre.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a
—[commentary] on Vijñāneśvara’s Mitākṣarā, by Nanda Paṇḍita.
2) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा):—a
—[commentary] on his own Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, by Rāma Gaṇaka.
—on the same, by Rāmanārāyaṇa.
1) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्ष�):—[=-ṣa] [from pra-mita > pra-mā] n. [plural] ‘measured syllables�, few words, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) ʰṣa (प्रमिताक्षरा):—[=-ṣa] [from -ṣa > pra-mita > pra-mā] f. 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 corpusʰṣa (ಪ್ರಮಿತಾಕ್ಷ�):—[noun] (pros.) a variety of verse having ten syllables in each line.
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ʰṣa (ಪ್ರಮಿತಾಕ್ಷ�):—[noun] a word, limited words of speech uttered or delivered with careful thought.
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: Akshara, Mitakshara, Pra, Pramita.
Full-text: Muhurtacintamani, Vamana, Ramanarayana, Nandapandita, Citra, Rama, Rijumitakshara, Mitakshara.
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