Anangashekhara, Anaṅgaśekhara, Ananga-shekhara: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Anaṅgaśekhara can be transliterated into English as Anangasekhara or Anangashekhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Anaṅgaśekhara (अनङ्गशेखर) is the name of a daṇḍaka type of Sanskrit metre according to Gaṅgādāsa (16th century) in his Chandomañjarī. Accordingly, the metre which has above 26 letters in its each pāda is called as daṇḍaka. It is also considered as samavṛtta.
2) Anaṅgaśekhara (अनङ्गशेखर) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the Vṛttamuktāvalī, ascribed to Durgādatta (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., anaṅga-śekhara) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnaṅgaśekhara (अनङ्गशेखर).—Name of a metre of four lines, each with 15 iambic feet.
Derivable forms: anaṅgaśekharaḥ (अनङ्गशेखरः).
Anaṅgaśekhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anaṅga and śekhara (शेखर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumAnaṅgaśekhara (अनङ्गशेखर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—erotic. Oppert. 5482.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnaṅgaśekhara (अनङ्गशेखर):—[=an-aṅga-śekhara] [from an-aṅga] m. Name of a metre (of four verses, each containing fifteen iambi).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnaṅgaśekhara (अनङ्गशेखर):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-raḥ) The name of a metre regulated by number and quantity, a species of the class Danḍaka (q. v.) and consisting of four verses with fifteen Iambi in each verse. E. anaṅga and śekhara.
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