Dushkaroddhara, Duṣkaroddhāra, Dushkara-uddhara: 1 definition

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Dushkaroddhara 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 Duṣkaroddhāra can be transliterated into English as Duskaroddhara or Dushkaroddhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Duṣkaroddhāra (दुष्करोद्धार) by Lakṣmīnātha-bhaṭṭa (C. 1600 C.E.) is a commentary on Vṛttamauktika of Candraśekhara.

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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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