Matravritta, Matra-vritta, Mātrāvṛtta: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mātrāvṛtta can be transliterated into English as Matravrtta or Matravritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Mātrāvṛtta (मात्रावृत्त, “quantitative verse”) refers to a type of metre found in classical Sanskrit poetry. Mātrāvṛtta metres depend on duration, where each verse-line has a fixed number of morae, usually grouped in sets of four.
Mātrāvṛtta (मात्रावृत्त).—Kedārabhaṭṭa describes the mātrāvṛttas in the second chapter of his work. He also refers many authors to give justification to his interpretations in this chapter. The mātrāvṛttas, which are described herein are:
1. In Āryāprakaraṇa—
- āryā,
- pathyā,
- vipulā,
- capalā,
- mukhacapalā,
- jaghanacapalā.
2. In Gītiprakaraṇa—
- gīti,
- upagīti,
- udgīti,
- āryāgīti.
3. In Vaitālīyaprakaraṇa—
- vaitālīyavṛtta,
- aupacchandasika,
- āpātalikā,
- dakṣiṇāntikā,
- udīcyavṛtti,
- prācyavṛtti,
- pravṛttakavṛtta,
- aparāntikā,
- cāruhāsinī.
4. In Vaktraprakaraṇa—
- vaktrānuṣṭup,
- pathyāvaktra,
- viparītapathyāvaktra,
- capalāvaktra,
- yugmavipulā,
- bhavipulā,
- ravipulā,
- navipulā,
- vipulā.
5. In Mātrāsamakaprakaraṇa—
- acaladhṛti,
- mātrāsamaka,
- viśloka,
- vānavāsikā,
- citrā,
- upacitrā,
- pādākulaka.
6. Others—
- śikhā,
- khajā,
- anaṅgakrīḍā,
- rucirā.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Mātrāvṛtta (मात्रावृत्त).—a metre regulated by the number of prosodial instants it contains, e. g. the Āryā.
Derivable forms: mātrāvṛttam (मात्रावृत्तम्).
Mātrāvṛtta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mātrā and vṛtta (वृत्त). See also (synonyms): mātrāchandas.
Mātrāvṛtta (मात्रावृत्त).—[neuter] = mātrāchandas.
Mātrāvṛtta (मात्रावृत्त):—[=mātrā-vṛtta] [from mātrā > mā] n. = -chandas, [Colebrooke]
Mātrāvṛtta (मात्रावृत्त):—[(mā + vṛtta)] n. = mātrāchandas [Colebrooke] [?II,153. 155. Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1353. Oxforder Handschriften 179,a, No. 457.]
Mātrāvṛtta (मात्रावृत्त):—n. = mātrāchandas.
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
Mātrāvṛtta (ಮಾತ್ರಾವೃತ್ತ):—[noun] (pros.) a verse, governed by prosodic rules regarding number and kinds of groups of syllables which have specific combination of prosodic units.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Mātrā-vṛtta (मात्रा-वृत्त):—n. a meter analyzable in terms of metrical instants (rather than syllables);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vritta, Matra.
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