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Mattamatangaka, Matta-matangaka, Ѳٳٲٲṅg첹, Mattamatamgaka, Matta-matamgaka, Ѳٳٲٲṃg첹: 1 definition

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Mattamatangaka 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.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mattamatangaka in Chandas glossary
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

Ѳٳٲٲṅg첹 (मत्तमातङ्ग�) (or Mattamātaṅgavijṛmbhita) is the name of an Apabhraṃśa metre classified as Dvipadi (metres with two lines in a stanza) discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Ѳٳٲٲṅg첹 has 39 ٰ in each of their two lines, made up with 2 ṣaṇmٰ, 6 ٳٰܰ, and 1 ٰٰ at the end. The yati in is after the 14th and the 22nd ٰ.

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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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