Atidhriti, Atidhṛti, Ātidhṛti: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Atidhṛti and Ātidhṛti can be transliterated into English as Atidhrti or Atidhriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraAtidhṛti (अतिधृति) refers to a class of rhythm-type (chandas) containing nineteen syllables in a pāda (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 15. There are twenty-six classes of chandas and out of them arise the various syllabic meters (vṛtta), composed of four pādas, defining the pattern of alternating light and heavy syllables.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) 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).
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarĀtidhṛti (आतिधृति).—One of the varieties of Aticchandas consisting of 76 syllables. e. g. स हि शर्धो न मारुते तुविष्वाणिः (sa hi śardho na mārute tuviṣvāṇiḥ) Ṛk. Saṃh. I.127.6.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureAtidhṛti (अतिधृति) is one of the twenty-six varieties of Sanskrit metres (chandas) mentioned in the Chandaśśāstra 1.15-19. There are 26 Vedic metres starting with 1 to 26 letters in each pāda. It is a common belief that the classical metres are developed from these 26 metres. Generally a metre has a specific name according to it’s number of syllables (akṣara). But sometimes the same stanza is called by the name of another metre from the point of view of the pādas.
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.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Source: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsAtidhṛti (अतिधृति) represents the number 19 (nineteen) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 19—atidhṛti] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryAtidhṛti.—(IE 7-1-2), ‘nineteen’. Note: atidhṛti is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAtidhṛti (अतिधृति).—f. [atikrāntā dhṛtiṃ aṣṭādaśākṣarapādāṃ vṛttim ekākṣarādhikyāt]
1) Name of a class of metres belonging to the अतिच्छन्दस् (aticchandas) group, consisting of 4 lines with 19 syllables in each (ṣaṭsaptatistvatidhṛtiḥ).
2) Nineteen.
Derivable forms: atidhṛtiḥ (अतिधृतिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtidhṛti (अतिधृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) A kind of metre, a stanza of four lines, with nineteen syllables in each line. E. ati and dhṛti another metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtidhṛti (अतिधृति).—[feminine] [Name] of a class of metres.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Atidhṛti (अतिधृति):—[=ati-dhṛti] f. Name of a class of metres (belonging to those called aticchandas, and consisting of four lines, each containing nineteen syllables)
2) [v.s. ...] (in [arithmetic]) nineteen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtidhṛti (अतिधृति):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-tiḥ) 1) The name of a class of metres which are regulated by number and quantity. See aticchandas. It comprises thirteen varieties and consists of a stanza of four lines with nineteen syllables in each line. (See
1) śārdūla or śārdūlavikrīḍita,
2) meghavisphurjita or vismita,
3) pañcacāmara,
4) puṣpadāman,
5) bimbā,
6) chāyā,
7) makarandikā,
8) samudrataṭā,
9) surasā,
10) maṇimañjarī,
11) candramālā or candra,
12) dhavalāṅka or dhavala,
13) sambhu.)
2) (In arithmetic sometimes used to denote) the number nineteen. E. ati (sc. krāntā) and dhṛti (in the sense of the accusative) ‘going beyond the metre dhṛti q. v.’.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAtidhṛti (ಅತಿಧೃತಿ):—[noun] (pros.) a meter having four lines of nineteen syllables each.
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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Full-text: Shardulavikridita, Phulladaman, Meghavisphurjjita, Aticchandas, Shardula, Surasa, Chandas.
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Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 331 - Metres of different kinds
Chapter 334 - Metres having similar characteristics in all the four quarters (samavṛtta)
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