Chandobhaskara, Chandobhāskara, Chandas-bhaskara: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chhandobhaskara.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Chandobhāskara (छन्दोभास्कर) by Mitrānanda (1559 C.E.), is divided into 12 chapters named as mayūkhas. The first mayūkha describes the saṃjñā of varṇa, gaṇa and mātrā. The second, third, fourth chapters deal with characteristics of samavṛtta, ardhasamavṛtta, viṣamavṛtta and daṇḍaka respectively. The fifth mayūkha describes āryāprakaraṇa with the characteristics of its gaṇas, while the vaitālīya metres are discussed in sixth chapter. The seventh chapter describes vaktra and dohā metres. The eighth chapter discusses the pratyas. The ninth chapter describes the prastāra and its four divisions according to Piṅgala and Agastya. The tenth chapter deals with the description of other pratyayas viz. sūcī, naṣṭa, uddiṣṭa. The discussion of markaṭī, meru and khaṇḍameru find a place in the eleventh chapter. The twelfth chapter summarizes the subjects of previous chapters.
2) Chandobhāskara (छन्दोभास्कर) or Bhāṣyarāja is the name of a commentary (of Chandaśśāstra of Piṅgala) on the topic of Prosody ascribed to Bhāskararāya (C. 1685-1775 C.E.), a polymath of who composed around forty works covering the subjects of vedānta, mīmāṃsā, vyākaraṇa, nyāya, prosody, kāvya, smṛti, mantraśāstra, Vedic literature. Also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XVII. pp. 133-135.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhaskara, Chandas, Chando.
Full-text: Mitrananda, Bhashyaraja, Himacāla, Bhairundanagara.
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