Chandovatamsha, Chandovataṃśa, Chamdovatamsa: 2 definitions
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Chandovatamsha 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.
The Sanskrit term Chandovataṃśa can be transliterated into English as Chandovatamsa or Chandovatamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chhandovatamsha.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureChandovataṃśa (छन्दोवतंश) is the name of a work ascribed to Lālacandra Gaṇin related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
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
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusChaṃdōvataṃsa (ಛಂದೋವತಂಸ):—[noun] name of a non-Saṃskřta metre.
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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