Garudapada, Garuḍapada, Garuda-pada: 1 definition

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In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

Garuḍapada (गरुडपद) is the name of an Apabhraṃśa metre classified as Dvipadi (metres with two lines in a stanza) discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Garuḍapada has 29 mātrās in a line, made up of 6 caturmātras and 1 pañcamātra at the end.—The beat of the tāla occurs on the 1st mātrā; the gap at the
end is filled up by means of a rest of 3 mātrās.

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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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