Karuncapadi, Karunca-padi, Karuñcapādī: 1 definition

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Karuncapadi 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Karunchapadi.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Karuñcapādī (करुञ्चपादी) refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the ninth, the tenth, and the twenty-fifth syllables of a foot (pāda) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu).

⎼⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⎼¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼¦¦⎼⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⎼¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼¦¦
⎼⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⎼¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼¦¦⎼⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⎼¦⏑⏑⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼¦¦

Karuñcapādī falls in the Atikṛti class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing twenty-five syllables each.

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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).

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