Alternative spellings of this word include Aupachchhandasika.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Aupacchandasika (औपच्छन्दसिक) is a type of mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) described in the Vaitālīyaprakaraṇa section of the second chapter of Kedārabhaṭṭa’s Vṛttaratnākara. The Vṛttaratnākara is considered as most popular work in Sanskrit prosody, because of its rich and number of commentaries. Kedārabhaṭṭa (C. 950-1050 C.E.) was a celebrated author in Sanskrit prosody.

Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

Aupacchandasika (औपच्छन्दसिक) is the name of a antarasama-catuṣpadi metre (also known as Ardhasama), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Aupacchandasika is nothing but the Vaitālīya with a long letter added at the end of each pāda.—Vaitālīya is made up of 14 and 16 mātrās in their odd and even lines respectively, in which the last 8 mātrās of every line must be represented by [SISIS].

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aupacchandasika (औपच्छन्दसिक).—Name of a metre; see App.

Derivable forms: aupacchandasikam (औपच्छन्दसिकम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aupacchandasika (औपच्छन्दसिक).—[neuter] [Name] of a metre.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Aupacchandasika (औपच्छन्दसिक):—mfn. ([from] upa-cchandas), conformable to the Veda, Vedic, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) n. Name of a metre (consisting of four lines of alternately eleven and twelve syllabic instants See [grammar] 969).

[Sanskrit to German]

Aupacchandasika in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aupacchaṃdasika (ಔಪಚ್ಛಂದಸಿಕ):—[noun] (pros.) name of a meter consisting of four lines of alternately eleven and twelve syllabic instants.

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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: Aupacchandasaka, Matravritta.

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