Metrics, Metric: 2 definitions
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Metrics means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Metrics refers to one of the topics dealt with in the Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.—The Vishnudharmottara Purana contains different aspects of knowledge. Along with the narratives, this work bears immense information in various fields of study. [...] The third khanda contains 118 chapters which are dedicated to various contents such as Sanskrit and Prakrit Grammar, Lexicology, Metrics, Poetics, Dance, Drama, Music, Painting, Iconography, Architecture etc.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Metrics refers to one of the “Ten Sciences” (in Tibetan: rig gnas bcu) which were taught by Śākyaśrī to Sakya Pandita (Sapan).—[...] At the age of twenty-three, Sakya Pandita (1182–1251) met the great Kashmiri pandit Śākyaśrī. With the great pandit and his disciples, Saṅghaśrī, Sugataśrī, and Dānaśīla, he trained completely in the ten sciences [e.g., metrics]. At the age of twenty-seven, he took full ordination from the great Kashmiri pandit.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Full-text (+6061): Chandas, Siddhartha, Pingala, Chandasa, Yati, Mandavya, Mitakshara, Drona, Indra, Shiva, Pata, Anushtubh, Vrittagandhi, Chandasya, Kalasha, Vanibhushana, Dhriti, Bhara, Bandhakaumudi, Khari.
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Search found 234 books and stories containing Metrics, Metric, Metrical; (plurals include: Metricses, Metrics, Metricals). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Kalika Purana (literary study) (by Dilip Kumar Goswami)
Chapter 3 - Metre in the Kalikapurana
Chapter 2 - The Kalikapurana as a Shastrakavya
Yoga Upanishads (study) (by Heena B. Kotak)
Part 12 - Summary of the Mandala-brahmana-upanishad (Mandalabrahmanopanisad) < [Chapter 2 - Brief survey of the 20 Yoga Upanishads]
Part 9 - Summary of the Nadabindu-upanishad (Nadabindupanisad) < [Chapter 2 - Brief survey of the 20 Yoga Upanishads]
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