Padakulaka, Pādākulaka, Pada-kulaka: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Pādākulaka (पादाकुलक) is a type of mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) described in the Mātrāsamakaprakaraṇa 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) Pādākulaka (पादाकुलक) refers to one of the twenty-seven mātrāvṛttas (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 Mātrāvṛtta (e.g., pādākulaka) refers to a type of metre found in classical Sanskrit poetry.
3) Pādākulaka (पादाकुलक) 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 pādā-kulaka metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
4) Pādākulaka (पादाकुलक) 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 pādā-kulaka) in its six chapters 207-212. The chapters comprise 5, 18, 41, 7 and 9 verses respectively.
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 dictionaryPādākulaka (पादाकुलक).—Name of a metre; यदतीतकृतविविधलक्ष्मयुतैर्मात्रासमदिपादैः कलितम् । अनियतवृत्तपरिमाणसहितं प्रथितं जगत्सु पादा- कुलमम् (yadatītakṛtavividhalakṣmayutairmātrāsamadipādaiḥ kalitam | aniyatavṛttaparimāṇasahitaṃ prathitaṃ jagatsu pādā- kulamam) || Vṛttaratnākara.
Derivable forms: pādākulakam (पादाकुलकम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādākulaka (पादाकुलक):—[from pāda > pād] n. Name of 2 kinds of metre, [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.
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Partial matches: Pada, Kulaka, Pata.
Full-text: Matravritta.
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