Vrittamala, Vṛttamālā, Vritta-mala: 4 definitions
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Vrittamala 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 Vṛttamālā can be transliterated into English as Vrttamala or Vrittamala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureVṛttamālā (वृत्तमाला) by Kavikarṇapūra (C. 16th century) is a running text without specification of chapters deals with popular Sanskrit metres (both varṇa and jāti types) and exhibits the panorama of Sanskrit metrics. The application of two new gaṇas with one syllable i.e. va and ka show the peculiar aspect of the work. Kavikarṇapūra quotes from many works while giving examples for various metres.
Kavikarṇapūra discusses the main points of prosody viz. types of Sanskrit metrics, their divisions, the guru and laghu, the number of gaṇas, yati, characteristics and examples of various metres etc. in this work. The Vṛttamālā is found to have made significant impact on the later period prosodists of Kāmarūpa. Mm. Dhīreśvarācārya (1851-1918 C.E.) is much influenced by this work as he refers to this text in his work Vṛttamañjarī.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVṛttamālā (वृत्तमाला) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—and—[commentary] metrics, by Vallabhaji. B. 3, 62.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttamālā (वृत्तमाला):—[=vṛtta-mālā] [from vṛtta > vṛt] f. Name of [work] on metre. (also with vṛtta-muktā-phalānām),
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vritta, Maala, Mala.
Ends with: Nrisimhavrittamala.
Full-text: Vallabhaji, Shankha, Lilakara, Candavrishtiprapata, Arina, Arnava, Uddama, Kavikarnapura, Jimuta, Vyala, Upajati.
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