Prastarotkarshasangraha, Prastārotkarṣasaṅgraha, Prastarotkarsha-sangraha: 1 definition

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Prastarotkarshasangraha means something in 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.

The Sanskrit term Prastārotkarṣasaṅgraha can be transliterated into English as Prastarotkarsasangraha or Prastarotkarshasangraha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Prastārotkarṣasaṅgraha (प्रस्तारोत्कर्षसङ्ग्रह) is the name of a work ascribed to Śrīnivāsakavi Sārvabhauma related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.

The text is presented in six chapters868. The sixth chapter of the work deals with the rāga section. He praises Lords Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara, Indra, Gaṇeśa, and their wives Sarasvatī (presented as Śrīsnuṣā), Lakṣmī, Girijā, Pulomajā, Śakti respectively.

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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.

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