Devacandra: 5 definitions

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Devacandra 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 Devachandra.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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

Devacandra (देवचन्द्र) was a teaching of Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.), the famous Jain author who has contributed a lot to the study of Sanskrit Prosody by way of writing his monumental work Chandonuśāsana. The childhood name of Hemacandra was Cāṅgadeva. He was also a disciple of Devacandra. Hemacandra was offered to Devacandra to serve Jainism when he was five years of age, being named as Somacandra. After becoming a Sūri, he was renamed as Hemacandra.

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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»] — Devacandra in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Devacandra (देवचन्द्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—guru of Durgadāsa (Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍanaṭīkā).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devacandra (देवचन्द्र):—[=deva-candra] [from deva] m. Name of a man, [Horace H. Wilson]

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Devacandra in German

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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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