Mrigacapala, Mṛgacapalā, Mriga-capala: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Mṛgacapalā can be transliterated into English as Mrgacapala or Mrigacapala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Mrigachapala.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Mṛgacapalā (मृगचपला) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of Abhimukhī in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Mṛgacapalā also corresponds to Kamalamukhī 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.
2) Mṛgacapalā (मृगचपला) 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., Mṛgacapalā) in 20 verses.
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: Mriga, Capala.
Full-text: Kamalamukhi, Abhimukhi.
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