Lokoktishatakadvaya, Lokoktiśatakadvaya: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Lokoktiśatakadvaya can be transliterated into English as Lokoktisatakadvaya or Lokoktishatakadvaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureLokoktiśatakadvaya (लोकोक्तिशतकद्वय) is the name of a work ascribed to Śrīnivāsa, son of Lakṣmī and Veṅkaṭeśa (or Veṅkaṭeśaor Veṅkaṭanāyaka): the author of works on Sanskrit prosody (e.g., Prastāraśekhara and Vṛttamaṇimālā) and other works. Śrīnivāsa belonged to Kauśikagotra and Vājasaneyaśākhā of the Śuklayajurveda.
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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