Caruhasini, Cāruhāsinī: 4 definitions

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Caruhasini means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Charuhasini.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Caruhasini in Purana glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Cāruhāsinī (चारुहासिनी).—One of Kṛṣṇa's wives.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 15. 35.
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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.

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«previous next»] — Caruhasini in Chandas glossary
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

1) Cāruhāsinī (चारुहासिनी) 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.

2) Cāruhāsinī (चारुहासिनी) refers to one of the thirty mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the 331st 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 cāruhāsinī metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.

3) Cāruhāsinī (चारुहासिनी) refers to one of the thirty-four mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the Garuḍapurāṇa. The Garuḍapurāṇa also deals with the science of prosody (e.g., the cāruhāsinī) in its six chapters 207-212. The chapters comprise 5, 18, 41, 7 and 9 verses respectively.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Caruhasini in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cāruhāsinī (चारुहासिनी):—[=cāru-hāsinī] [from cāru-hāsin > cāru] f. a metre of 4 x 14 syllabic instants.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Caruhasini in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cāruhāsini (ಚಾರುಹಾಸಿನಿ):—[noun] a woman whose smile is charming.

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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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