Ekadvayadilaghukriya, Ekadvayādilaghukriyā, Ekadvayadi-laghukriya: 1 definition

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Ekadvayādilaghukriyā (एकद्वयादिलघुक्रिया) refers to one of the six pratyayas mentioned in the Chandomañjarī 1.14.—The pratyayas are the cause of expansion of metres (chandas). Generally six pratyayas are found in Sanskrit prosody (e.g., Ekadvayādi-laghukriyā). But Mitrānanda advocates about nine types of pratyayas.

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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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