Alternative spellings of this word include Kavichintamani.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

1) Kavicintāmaṇi (कविचिन्तामणि) by Karuṇākara Dāsa is the name of a commentary on the Vṛttaratnākara of Kedārabhaṭṭa (C. 950-1050 C.E.), who was a celebrated author in Sanskrit prosody. The Vṛttaratnākara is considered as most popular work in Sanskrit prosody, because of its rich and number of commentaries.

2) Kavicintāmaṇi (कविचिन्तामणि) is the name of a work ascribed to Gopīnātha Pātra (C. 1704-1780 C.E.): the son of Vāsudeva and father of Cakrapāṇi and Dāmodara. The Kavicintāmaṇi is divided into 25 chapters namely kiraṇa and deals with various aspects of Sanskrit Poetics. The author describes the Sanskrit prosody in the 2nd and 3rd chapter of the work. It is unique in its style. Most of the poeticians do not incorporate the science of metrics in their poetic works, but Gopīnātha Pātra elaborates both the characteristics and examples of Sanskrit metrics in these two chapters. He gives general introduction of Sanskrit metrics with his own observations.

The main objective of Gopīnātha Pātra was to present the Kavicintamaṇi crisply, after observing the related texts of his predecessors. His poetic excellence can be judged from his approach in different dimensions of Sanskrit poetics.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kavi, Cintamani.

Full-text: Gadyavritta, Gadya.

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