Vrittacintamani, Vṛttacintāmaṇi, Vritta-cintamani: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Vṛttacintāmaṇi can be transliterated into English as Vrttacintamani or Vrittacintamani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vrittachintamani.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Vṛttacintāmaṇi (वृत्तचिन्तामणि) is the name of a work ascribed to Gopīnātha Dādhīca related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
2) Vṛttacintāmaṇi (वृत्तचिन्तामणि) is the name of a work ascribed to Śukadeva Paṇḍita related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
2) The Vṛttacintāmaṇi has six chapters called maricī. Śukadeva had got patronage of King Balavanta Siṃha, at whose instance he composed this text.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vritta, Cintamani.
Full-text: Shukadeva.
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