Indravajra, Indravajrā, Indra-vajra, Imdravajra: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraIndravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the third, the sixth, the seventh and the ninth syllables of a foot (pāda) are light (laghu), while the rest of the syllables are heavy (guru).
⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦
⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦
Indravajrā falls in the Triṣṭup (Triṣṭubh) class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing eleven syllables each.
Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)Indravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the Vṛtta-type (akṣarachandas: metres regulated by akṣaras, syllabes).—The metre, Indravajrā contains eleven syllables in each and every quarter and the gaṇas are ta, ta and ja. This metre is found to be employed in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Indravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) refers to one of the 27 metres mentioned in the Suvṛttatilaka ascribed to Kṣemendra (11th century). The Suvṛttatilaka is a monumental work of Sanskrit prosody considered as unique in its nature. In this work Kṣemendra neither introduces any new metre nor discusses all the metres used in his time. He discusses 27 popular metres (e.g., Indravajrā) which were used frequently by the poets.
2) Indravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by Nañjuṇḍa (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. Nañjuṇḍa was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., Indravajrā) in 20 verses.
3) Indravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the Vṛttamuktāvalī, ascribed to Durgādatta (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., indra-vajrā) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
4) Indravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) refers to one of the 34 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the Vṛttamaṇimañjūṣā, whose authorship could be traced (also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXXI. p. 7).
5) Indravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇavṛtta (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the indra-vajrā metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
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.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyIndravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the Upajāti type as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—The Indravajrā is preferred to be used in describing the beauty of a noble heroine or of spring like that of Upajāti metre. It is defined as it contains eleven syllables comprising of two groups of ‘ta’ type joined to a ‘ja’ group and two long syllables. For an example see Bhīṣmacarita verse X.45.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा).—Name of two metres, see Appendix.
Indravajrā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and vajrā (वज्रा). See also (synonyms): indravaṃśā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndravajra (इन्द्रवज्र).—[neuter] Indra's thunderbolt; [feminine] ā [Name] of a metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Indravajra (इन्द्रवज्र):—[=indra-vajra] [from indra] n. Indra’s thunderbolt, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sāman
3) Indravajrā (इन्द्रवज्रा):—[=indra-vajrā] [from indra-vajra > indra] f. a metre of four lines occurring frequently in epic poetry (each line contains eleven syllables).
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusIṃdravajra (ಇಂದ್ರವಜ್ರ):—[noun] (pros.) a kind of metre which has in each quarter eleven syllables.
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: Vajra, Indra.
Full-text: Upajati, Akhyanaka, Varnavritta, Akhyanaki, Indravamsha, Upendravajra, Dhriti, Tripataka.
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Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
2.3. Use of Indravajrā metre < [Chapter 4 - Employment of Chandas in Mudrārākṣasa]
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