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Pushpitagra, ʳṣp岵, Pushpita-agra: 10 definitions

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Pushpitagra 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 ʳṣp岵 can be transliterated into English as Puspitagra or Pushpitagra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Pushpitagra in Natyashastra glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Nṭya-śstra

ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्रा) refers to a type of syllabic metre (ṛtٲ), according to the Nṭyaśstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first and the third (feet) consist of na (LLL), na (LLL), ra (GLG), ya (LGG), while the second and the fourth consist of na (LLL), ja (LGL), ja (LGL), ra (GLG), ga (G).

⏑¦⏑⏑¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼¦⎼⎼¦⎼¦�
⏑¦⏑⏑¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼¦⎼⎼¦⎼¦�

In the above description, G stands for guru (‘heavy syllable�) while L stands for laghu (‘light syllable�).

: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)

ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्रा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the ṛtٲ-type (ṣa󲹲Ի岹: metres regulated by ṣa, syllabes) subclass Ardhasamaṛtٲ.—The metre, ʳṣp岵 contains the gaṇas na, na, ra and ya in the first and third quarter and na, ja, ja, ra in the second and fourth quarter. This metre is found to be employed in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita.

Natyashastra book cover
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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).

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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

1) ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्रा) refers to one of the 130 varṇaṛtٲs (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the ṛtٲmuktvalī, 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., ṣp岵) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.

2) ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्रा) refers to one of the twelve ardhasama-varṇaṛtٲ (semi-regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 333rd 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 ṣp岵 metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.

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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»] � Pushpitagra in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्रा).—Name of a metre; see App.II.

ʳṣp岵 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣpٲ and (अग्र�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्रा).—f.

(-) A form of metre, a mixed kind and a variety of the Aupach'handasika; the line consisting of four or six short syllables, a pyrrhic or a dactyl, two trochees and a spondee.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्�).—[adjective] flower-pointed; [feminine] [Name] of a metre.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्�):—[from ṣpٲ > pu�] mfn. covered at the extremities with flowers or blossoms, [Mahbhrata; Gīta-govinda]

2) ʳṣp岵 (पुष्पिताग्रा):—[from puṣpitgra > ṣpٲ > pu�] f. Name of a metre.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Pushpitagra in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ʳṣp岵 (ಪುಷ್ಪಿತಾಗ್�):—[noun] (pros.) a verse of four lines of which the first and third have four groups of three syllables (uuu, uuu, -u-, u—) and the second and forth have four groups of three syllables each followed by a long syllable (uuu, u-u, u-u, u-u, -u-, -).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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