Mukhacapala, Mukhacapalā, Mukha-capala: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला) refers to a type of āryā syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. The Mukhacapalā variation is one amongst five types of āryā-meters.
2) Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला) is the name of a meter described in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32:—“the metre which has in its feet of nineteen syllables the fifth, the twelfth and the last syllables long, is mukhacapalā”.
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) Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला) is a type of mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) described in the Āryāprakaraṇa section of the second chapter of Kedārabhaṭṭa’s Vṛttaratnākara. The Vṛttaratnākara is considered as most popular work in Sanskrit prosody, because of its rich and number of commentaries. Kedārabhaṭṭa (C. 950-1050 C.E.) was a celebrated author in Sanskrit prosody.
2) Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला) 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., Mukhacapalā) in 20 verses.
3) Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला) refers to one of the thirty mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the 331st 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 mukha-capalā metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
4) Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला) refers to one of the thirty-four mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the Garuḍapurāṇa. The Garuḍapurāṇa also deals with the science of prosody (e.g., the mukha-capalā) in its six chapters 207-212. The chapters comprise 5, 18, 41, 7 and 9 verses respectively.
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला) refers to a variety of Capalā: one of the three main types of Gāthā: one of the oldest Prakrit meters probably developed out of the epic Anuṣṭubh, as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—There are three main kinds of a Gāthā, i.e., Pathyā, Vipulā and Capalā. The Capalā has the 2nd and the 4th caturmātras in either or both the halves preceded and followed by a long letter, and is accordingly Mukhacapalā, or Jaghanacapalā or Sarvacapalā.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMukhacapala (मुखचपल).—a. talkative, garrulous.
Mukhacapala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mukha and capala (चपल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMukhacapala (मुखचपल).—Adj. Talkative f.
(-lā) A species of the Arya metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMukhacapala (मुखचपल).—[adjective] talkative, garrulous (lit. whose mouth is ever moving, [abstract] tva [neuter] —[feminine] ā [Name] of a metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mukhacapala (मुखचपल):—[=mukha-capala] [from mukha] mf(ā)n. ‘one whose mouth is ever moving’, loquacious, garrulous (-tva n.), [Varāha-mihira]
2) Mukhacapalā (मुखचपला):—[=mukha-capalā] [from mukha-capala > mukha] f. a kind of Āryā metre, [Piṅgala Scholiast, i.e. halāyudha; Colebrooke]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mukha, Capala.
Starts with: Mukhacapalatva.
Full-text: Mukhacapalatva, Jaghanacapala, Sarvacapala, Matravritta, Arya, Capala.
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Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
2.19. Use of Gīti metre < [Chapter 4 - Employment of Chandas in Mudrārākṣasa]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 4b - Chandas (2): Jāti type of metre (mātrāchandas) < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)