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Vrittagandhi, ṛtٲԻ, Vritta-gandhi, Vrittagamdhi: 6 definitions

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Vrittagandhi 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 ṛtٲԻ can be transliterated into English as Vrttagandhi or Vrittagandhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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

1) ṛtٲԻ (वृत्तगन्धि) refers to one of the three types of gadya according to Candraśekhara’s Vṛttamauktika 6.1-2. As the metres are used in padyas, there are also metres, prescribed for gadyas. 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 ṛtٲԻ.

Description of ṛtٲԻ: If a gadya composition has metric composition at places, it is called as ṛtٲԻ.

2) ṛtٲԻ according to the 󲹲ԻdzñᲹī 6.1 by Ҳṅg (16th century):—If a gadya composition has metric composition at places, it is called as ṛtٲԻ.

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

ṛtٲԻ (वृत्तगन्धि).�n. Name of a kind of prose (having only the name of metre).

ṛtٲԻ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṛtٲ and gandhi (गन्ध�).

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

ṛtٲԻ (वृत्तगन्धि).—n.

(-Ի�) Name given to a particular kind of prose.

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

ṛtٲԻ (वृत्तगन्धि):—[=ṛtٲ-gandhi] [from ṛtٲ > vṛt] n. ‘having the smell of rhythm�, Name of a [particular] kind of artificial prose containing metrical passages (dhi-tva n.), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

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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»] � Vrittagandhi in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vṛttagaṃdhi (ವೃತ್ತಗಂಧ�):—[noun] a prose form of writing, that turns to rhythmic and metrical style occasionally.

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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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