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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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

Avagātha (अवगाथ) refers to a variety of Gāthā: one of the oldest Prakrit meters probably developed out of the epic Anuṣṭubh, as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Among the metres derived from the Gāthā, Gīti, Upagīti and Udgīti are most important. [...] By adding 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 caturmātras before the last long letter in the first half of a Gāthā, we respectively get a Jātiphala, Gātha, Udgātha, Vigātha, Avagātha, Saṃgātha, Upagātha and Gāthinī.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avagatha (अवगथ).—a. [nipātaḥ Uṇādi-sūtra 2.9] Bathed early in the morning (prātaḥsnāta).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avagatha (अवगथ).—mfn.

(-thaḥ-thā-thaṃ) Bathing or bathed early in the morning. E. ava, ga from gama to go, and thak aff.

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

1) Avagatha (अवगथ):—[=ava-gatha] a See ava- √1. gā.

2) [=ava-gatha] [from ava-gā] b mfn. bathed early in the morning, [Uṇādi-sūtra]

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

Avagatha (अवगथ):—[ava-gatha] (thaḥ) 1. m. f. n. Bathing early.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avagatha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gatha, Ava.

Starts with: Avakatavay.

Ends with: Gauravagatha.

Full-text: Samgatha, Upagatha, Gathini, Avadama, Upadama, Maladama, Dama, Samdama, Uddama, Jatiphala, Malagatha, Vidama, Vigatha, Udgatha, Gatha.

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