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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Drutapadā (द्रुतपदा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of Kalahaṃsā in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Drutapada (द्रुतपद).—a.

1) going quickly.

2) a form of metre.

Drutapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms druta and pada (पद).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Drutapada (द्रुतपद).—n. subs.

(-daṃ) A quick pace or step. adv. Quickly. E. druta, and pada a step.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Drutapada (द्रुतपद).—(vb. dru) ºpada + m, adv. hastily.

Drutapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms druta and pada (पद).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Drutapada (द्रुतपद).—[neuter] [Name] of a metre, as [adverb] speedily, quickly.

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

1) Drutapada (द्रुतपद):—[=druta-pada] [from druta > dru] n. a quick pace or step, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] a form of metre, [Colebrooke]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Drutapada (द्रुतपद):—[druta-pada] (daṃ) 1. n. Quick pace.

[Sanskrit to German]

Drutapada in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Drutapada (ದ್ರುತಪದ):—[noun] (pros.) a meter having four lines of twelve syllables each.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Druta, Pada, Pata.

Starts with: Drutapadaga, Drutapadagati, Drutapadam.

Full-text: Drutapadam, Kalahamsa, Vinyasa.

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