Vamshastha, 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑腻, 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑腻 and 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 can be transliterated into English as Vamsastha or Vamshastha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N腻峁瓂a-艣腻stra痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ啶�) refers to a type of syllabic metre (惫峁泃迟补), according to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 16. In this metre, the second, the fourth, the fifth, the eighth, the tenth and the twelfth syllables of a foot (辫腻诲补) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu).
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铃戔幖铃懧︹幖鈳尖彂娄铃戔幖铃懧︹幖铃戔幖娄娄铃戔幖铃懧︹幖鈳尖彂娄铃戔幖铃懧︹幖铃戔幖娄娄
痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑腻 falls in the Jagat墨 class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four 辫腻诲补s (鈥榝oot鈥� or 鈥榪uarter-verse鈥�) containing twelve syllables each.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, 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) 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ) 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 颁丑补苍诲辞苍耻艣腻蝉补苍补. 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 corresponds to Vasantama帽jar墨, Avabhra艣腻. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of 驳补峁嘺蝉 or letters do not differ.
2) 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by 狈补帽箩耻峁囜笉补 (1794-1868 C.E.) in his V峁泃taratn腻val墨. 狈补帽箩耻峁囜笉补 was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous K峁涐梗峁嘺r腻ja Wo岣峞yar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补) in 20 verses.
3) 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ) refers to one of the 130 var峁嘺惫峁泃迟补s (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the 痴峁泃迟补尘耻办迟腻惫补濒墨, ascribed to 顿耻谤驳腻诲补迟迟补 (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Var峁嘺惫峁泃迟补 (e.g., 惫补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
4) 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ) refers to one of the 34 var峁嘺惫峁泃迟补s (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the 痴峁泃迟补尘补峁噄尘补帽箩奴峁Ｄ�, whose authorship could be traced (also see the 鈥淣ew Catalogus Catalogorum鈥� XXXI. p. 7).
5) 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-var峁嘺惫峁泃迟补 (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the 础驳苍颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺. The 础驳苍颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺 deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the 惫补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ啶�) is the name of a 肠补迟耻峁补诲颈 metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhra峁兣沘 bards), as discussed in books such as the 颁丑补苍诲辞苍耻艣腻蝉补苍补, Kavidarpa峁嘺, V峁泃taj腻tisamuccaya and Svayambh奴chandas.鈥敵詹贯箖艣a蝉迟丑腻 has 30 尘腻迟谤腻蝉 in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 5, 5, [IIS], 4, 4 and [IIS] 尘腻迟谤腻蝉.
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.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) employed in the Bh墨峁acarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a 尘补丑腻办腻惫测补 (鈥榚pic poem鈥�) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.鈥擳he poet has successfully used 惫补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 metre in the poem Bh墨峁acarita like that of M腻gha, Bh腻ravi and K腻lid腻sa. In this regard Madhusudan Mishra observes that 惫补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 takes up the sensitive topics closely or distantly related with family (惫补峁兣沘). In Su惫峁泃迟补tilaka it is said that in the description of six-fold policy, the 惫补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 is suitable. Thus in the description of King 艢腻ntanu鈥檚 appropriate governance, our poet has appropriately made the use of the 痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 metre in verse 1.28 of the Bh墨峁acarita.
The poet has deftly used the different fourteen (14) varieties of 惫补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 metre in union with the 颈苍诲谤补惫补峁兣浤� metre as depicted in V峁泃taratn腻kara:鈥擵air腻sik墨, Rat腻khy腻nak墨, Indum腻, Pu峁ａ弓id腻, Upamey腻, Sauramey墨, 艢墨l腻tur腻, V腻santik腻, Mandah腻s腻, 艢i艣ir腻, Vaidh腻tr墨, 艢a峁卥hac奴岣嵞�, Rama峁嚹�, Kum腻r墨.
Kavyashastra (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 办腻惫测补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ).鈥擺neuter] [Name] of a metre.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ):鈥擺=惫补峁兣沘-stha] [from 惫补峁兣沘] n. (or f(腻). ?) a [particular] metre (= 惫补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补vila), [Pi峁単ala Scholiast, i.e. hal腻yudha]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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 corpus痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (嗖掂矀嗖多哺喑嵿播):鈥�
1) [noun] a man belonging to a particular family.
2) [noun] a metrical verse having four lines, each of which having four groups of three syllables each (u-u, 鈥攗, u-u, -u-) and having a short pause after the seventh syllable.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary痴补峁兣沘蝉迟丑补 (啶掂啶多じ啷嵿ぅ):鈥攏. a particular meter of Sanskrit poetry;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vamsha, Stha.
Starts with: Vamshasthabila, Vamshasthala, Vamshasthavila.
Full-text (+1): Upajati, Vanshastha, Vamshastanita, Vamsha, Saurameyi, Induma, Shilatura, Ramana, Shankhacuda, Upameya, Mandahasa, Vaidhatri, Vairasiki, Ratakhyanaki, Shishira, Kumari, Vasantika, Avabhrasha, Vasantamanjari, Ugragalitaka.
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