Pramani, Pramāṇī: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Pramāṇī (प्रमाणी) refers to one of the 27 metres mentioned in the Suvṛttatilaka ascribed to Kṣemendra (11th century). The Suvṛttatilaka is a monumental work of Sanskrit prosody considered as unique in its nature. In this work Kṣemendra neither introduces any new metre nor discusses all the metres used in his time. He discusses 27 popular metres (e.g., Pramāṇī) which were used frequently by the poets.
2) Pramāṇī (प्रमाणी) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Pramāṇī corresponds to Mattaveṣṭita (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.
3) Pramāṇī (प्रमाणी) refers to one of the eighteen viṣama-varṇavṛtta (irregular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 332nd 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 pramāṇī metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of KeralaPramāni refers to the “leaders” (of the performers of musical instruments) among the Mārār community of Ambalavāsi or “temple servants” of Kerala temples.—There is also a hierarchy among Mārārs, established on the basis of the repertoire and the areas of the temple where they perform. The most authoritative are those entitled to play marappāṇi, the most sacred of temple rituals based on music, performed near the śrīkōvil. Important figures are also the leaders (pramāni) of the big ensembles (mēḷams), which perform in the fourth enclosure of the temple.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pramāṇī (प्रमाणी):—[from pramāṇa > pra-mā] a f. (cf. n.) Name of a metre, [Colebrooke]
2) [from pra-mā] b in [compound] for ṇa.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pramāṇī (प्रमाणी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pamāṇiā, Pamāṇī.
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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)
Starts with: Pramanibhuta, Pramanik, Pramanika, Pramanika-patha, Pramanika-samaya, Pramanikar, Pramanikaran, Pramanikarana, Pramanikatana, Pramanikate, Pramanikatva, Pramanikavartika, Pramanikavarttika, Pramaniki, Pramanikri, Pramanikrita, Pramanin, Pramanisu, Pramanit, Pramanita.
Ends with: Apramani.
Full-text: Pramanikarana, Pramanibhuta, Pramanikrita, Pamani, Pamania, Mattaveshtita, Bhubhrit, Pramana.
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
1.1. The Raksapurusaka by Krishnachandra < [Chapter 5 - Sanskrit Dramas and Campus bearing on Kerala History]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 7 - Comparison [of the Maṅkhakośa] with other koṣas < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]