Damodara-mishra, Dāmodara-miśra: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dāmodara-miśra can be transliterated into English as Damodara-misra or Damodara-mishra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Dāmodara-miśra (दामोदर-मिश्र) or Dāmodaramiśra (C. 1501-1600 C.E.), author of Vāṇībhūṣaṇa was a native of Mithilā. He belongs to the family of Dīrghaghoṣa. He mentions his nativity in the colophon of Vāṇībhūṣaṇa (our concerned work). He also invokes about his family background in the fourth verse of the first chapter.
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
Dāmodaramiśra (दामोदरमिश्र).—[masculine] names of poets.
Dāmodara miśra (दामोदर मिश्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Court Paṇḍit to Hemantasiṃha of Karṇapūra: Kirātārjuṇīyaṭīkā Gauravadīpanī. L. 2936.
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Dāmodara miśra (दामोदर मिश्र):—read Karṇapura.
Dāmodaramiśra (दामोदरमिश्र):—[=dāmodara-miśra] [from dāmodara > dāma > dā] m. Name of author of one recension of the Hanūman-nāṭaka
Dāmodaramiśra (दामोदरमिश्र):—m. Nomen proprium des Verfassers von Hanumannāṭaka.
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 (+0): Mishra, Damodara.
Full-text (+0): Gauravadipani, Chandograntha, Hemantasimha, Ragini, Hanumannataka, Gangajala, Indian music, Kiratarjuniya.
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Vratas depicted in the Gangajala (study) (by Maitreyee Goswami)
Part 2.1 - A study on the Agastyārghya-vrata < [Chapter 4]
Part 1 - A study of the Vratas in the Gaṅgājala (II)—Introduction < [Chapter 4]
Part 6.3 - Date of Dāmodara Miśra (the Author) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
1. Influence of Śrī Dāmodara Miśra on other Poets < [Chapter 6]
2. Influence of other Poets upon Śrī Dāmodara Miśra < [Chapter 6]
Part 1: Śri Dāmodara Miśra: Parentage and Date < [Chapter 2]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
13. Mahānāṭaka in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 4 - Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit Plays of other Poets]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
2. Origin and Development of Indian Music < [Chapter 2 - Music]
Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
Vṛttas (syllabic metres) < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]