Bhujangaprayata, Bhujanga-prayata, Bhujaṅgaprayāta, Bhujamgaprayata: 5 definitions
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraBhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात) is another name for Aprameyā, which refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first, the fourth, the seventh and tenth syllables of a foot (pāda) are light (laghu), while the rest of the syllables are heavy (guru).
⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦
⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦⏑⎼⎼¦¦
Bhujaṅgaprayāta falls in the Jagatī class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing twelve syllables each.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Bhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Bhujaṅgaprayāta corresponds to Aprameyā (according to Bharata). Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
2) Bhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by Nañjuṇḍa (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. Nañjuṇḍa was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., Bhujaṅgaprayāta) in 20 verses.
3) Bhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात) 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., bhujaṅga-prayāta) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
4) Bhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात) refers to one of the 34 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the Vṛttamaṇimañjūṣā, whose authorship could be traced (also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXXI. p. 7).
5) Bhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇavṛtta (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the bhujaṅga-prayāta metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
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 dictionaryBhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात).—Name of a metre having each quarter of twelve syllables; भुजङ्गप्रयातं भवेद् यैश्चतुर्भिः (bhujaṅgaprayātaṃ bhaved yaiścaturbhiḥ) V. Ratna.
Derivable forms: bhujaṅgaprayātam (भुजङ्गप्रयातम्).
Bhujaṅgaprayāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhujaṅga and prayāta (प्रयात).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhujaṅgaprayāta (भुजङ्गप्रयात).—n.
(-taṃ) A species of the Jagati metre.
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 corpusBhujaṃgaprayāta (ಭುಜಂಗಪ್ರಯಾತ):—[noun] (pros.) a verse having four groups of three syllables, each group having one short syllabic instant followed by two long ones (u—).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhujanga, Prayata.
Starts with: Bhujangaprayatashtaka, Bhujangaprayatastotra.
Ends with: Kalikabhujangaprayata.
Full-text: Bhujamgaprayata, Aprameya, Shivabhujangastotra, Shankaracarya.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
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Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)