Mandakranta, Mandākrāntā, Manda-akranta, Manda-kranta, Mandākrantā, Mamdakramta: 11 definitions
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraMandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) is another name for Śrīdhara, which refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first four, the tenth, the eleventh, the thirteenth, the fourteenth and the seventeenth syllables of a foot (pāda) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu).
⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦¦⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦¦
⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦¦⎼⎼⎼¦⎼⏑⏑¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼¦¦
Mandākrāntā falls in the Atyaṣṭi class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing seventeen syllables each.
Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)Mandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the Vṛtta-type (akṣarachandas: metres regulated by akṣaras, syllabes).—The metre Mandākrāntā, containing seventeen syllables in each and every quarter and the gaṇas are ma, bha, na, ta and ta. 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) Mandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) 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., Mandākrāntā) which were used frequently by the poets.
2) Mandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Mandākrāntā corresponds to Śrīdharī (according to Bharata). Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
3) Mandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) 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., Mandākrāntā) in 20 verses.
4) Mandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) 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., mandākrāntā) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
5) Mandākrantā (मन्दाक्रन्ता) 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).
6) Mandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) 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 mandākrāntā 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 studyMandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—In describing the calamity of living abroad in the rainy season, Mandākrāntā excels others. In describing the earth which has become beautiful because of rain, our poet has used Mandākrāntā metre in verse VIII.6 of the Bhīṣmacarita.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता).—Name of a metre; see App.I; सुवशा कालिदासस्य मन्दाक्रान्ता प्रवल्गति । सदश्व- दमकस्येव काम्बोजतुरगाङ्गना (suvaśā kālidāsasya mandākrāntā pravalgati | sadaśva- damakasyeva kāmbojaturagāṅganā) || According to prof. Sukumāra Sen, Kālidāsa is the inventor of this metre.
Mandākrāntā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manda and ākrāntā (आक्रान्ता).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता).—f.
(-ntā) A species of the Atyashti metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMandākrānta (मन्दाक्रान्त).—[adjective] slowly approaching; [feminine] ā [Name] of a metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mandākrānta (मन्दाक्रान्त):—[from manda > mad] mfn. slowly advancing
2) Mandākrāntā (मन्दाक्रान्ता):—[from mandākrānta > manda > mad] f. Name of a metre (like that of the Megha-dūta), [Śrutabodha etc.]
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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 corpusMaṃdākrāṃta (ಮಂದಾಕ್ರಾಂತ):—[noun] (pros.) a verse of four lines, each line having five groups of three syllables each and with two long syllables at the end (—-, -uu, uuu, —u, —u, -, -, totally twenty seven prosodic units).
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: Kranta, Manda, Akranta.
Full-text: Bharakranta, Shridhari, Shridhara, Atyashti, Mandaka, Sarasvati.
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Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
6. Poetic Beauty (a): Metre (Vritta) < [Chapter 3 - An Introduction to Annadatri-carita]
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Forster on 'Meghasamdesa' < [January 1957]
Forster on 'Meghasamdesa' < [January 1957]
Sanskrit Lyrics < [September-October 1931]
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