Amaracandra, Amara-candra: 8 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Amarachandra.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarAmaracandra (अमरचन्द्र).—A Jain grammarian who is believed to be the writer of स्यादिशब्दसमुच्चय, परिमल (syādiśabdasamuccaya, parimala) etc.
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 literatureAmaracandra (अमरचन्द्र) (C. 1225-1300 C.E.), a Jain author of Śvetāmbara sect, disciple of Jinadatta Sūri (author of Vivekavilāsa), contemporary and disciple of Arisiṃha (author of Sukṛtasaṃkīrtana); was patronized by Vīsaladeva of Dholkā; composed a text on metres named as Chandoratnāvalī. one of the sketches in Prabandhakośa of Rājaśekhara, deals with him. His preceptor Arisiṃha was the son of Lāvaṇya alias Lavaṇa Siṃha; contemporary of Vastupāla.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaAmaracandra (अमरचन्द्र).—A Sanskrit poet. It is believed that he lived in the 13th Cent. A.D. Bāla Bhārata was his work. Amaracandra was a Jaina priest. It is said that he was a courtier of Vīsaladeva, the son of King Vīradhavala who ruled over Gujarat from 1243 to 1262.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAmaracandra (अमरचन्द्र).—Name of the author of Bālabhārata.
Derivable forms: amaracandraḥ (अमरचन्द्रः).
Amaracandra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amara and candra (चन्द्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Amaracandra (अमरचन्द्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Parimala, a grammar in verse. Lahore. 6.
2) Amaracandra (अमरचन्द्र):—pupil of Jinadatta Sūri of the Vāyaḍagacha: Kalākalāpa. Mentioned Bp. 6. Kāvyakalpalatā and its
—[commentary] Kāvyakalpalatākaviśikṣāvṛtti. Chandoratnāvalī. Mentioned Bp. 6. Bālabhārata.
3) Amaracandra (अमरचन्द्र):—pupil of Jinadatta Sūri: Syādiśabdasamuccaya [grammatical]
4) Amaracandra (अमरचन्द्र):—C. on Amarasiṃha’s Ṣaṭkārakalakṣaṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmaracandra (अमरचन्द्र):—[=a-mara-candra] [from a-mara > a-mamri] m. Name of the author of the Bāla-bhārata.
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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.
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Partial matches: Candra, Amara.
Full-text (+3): Parimala, Kavyakalpalatavritti, Shatkarakalakshana, Kavyakalpalatamanjari, Kalakalapa, Kavyakalpalata, Syadishabdasamuccaya, Jinendracaritra, Jinadatta, Alamkaraprabodha, Jinadatta suri, Balabharata, Ululu, Adhivasita, Chandoratnavali, Jinendrasamkshiptacarita, Padmanandamahakavya, Balabharatamahakavya, Alankaraprabodha, Kavishiksha.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 21 - Rājaśekhara’s later work’s on Kavi-śikṣā < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 1.1 - Discipline, nature and divisions of Sāhitya-vidyā (poetics) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 4 - Sanskrit mahākāvyas < [Chapter I - Introduction]
Part 6 - Kavisamaya or the poetic convention < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]