Rathoddhata, Rathoddhatā: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the first, the third, the seventh, the ninth and the eleventh syllables of a foot (pāda) are heavy (guru), while the rest of the syllables are light (laghu).
⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦
⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⏑⏑¦⎼⏑⎼¦⏑⎼¦¦
Rathoddhatā falls in the Triṣṭup (Triṣṭubh) class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing eleven syllables each.
2) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) is the name of a meter belonging to the Natkuṭa class described in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32:—“The metre which has in its feet of eleven syllables, the first, the third, the seventh and the last long, is rathoddhatā”.
Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) of the Vṛtta-type (akṣarachandas: metres regulated by akṣaras, syllabes).—The metre Rathoddhatā, which consists of eleven syllables in each foot with the gaṇas ra, na, ra, la and ga, is found to be employed in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita.
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) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) 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., Rathoddhatā) which were used frequently by the poets.
2) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) 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. Rathoddhatā corresponds to Aparāntikā. 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) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) 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., Rathoddhatā) in 20 verses.
4) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-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 Varṇavṛtta (e.g., rathoddhatā) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
5) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) refers to one of the 34 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the Vṛttamaṇimañjūṣā, whose authorship could be traced (also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXXI. p. 7).
6) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇavṛtta (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th 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 rathoddhatā 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRathoddhata (रथोद्धत).—[adjective] proud of a chariot; [feminine] ā [Name] of a metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumRathoddhatā (रथोद्धता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Varṣagaṇitapaddhati.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rathoddhata (रथोद्धत):—[from ratha] mfn. behaving arrogantly in (his) ch°, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) Rathoddhatā (रथोद्धता):—[from rathoddhata > ratha] f. Name of a kind of metre, [Śrutabodha; Piṅgala Scholiast, i.e. halāyudha [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRathōddhata (ರಥೋದ್ಧತ):—[noun] (pros.) a metrical verse of four lines each of which has three groups of three syllables each followed by a short and a long syllables (-u-, uuu, -u-, u, -).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Varshaganitapaddhati rathoddhata.
Full-text: Varshaganitapaddhati rathoddhata, Jnanalotu, Dinakara, Divakara, Aparantika.
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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 6.2 - Metres Employed in the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Literary Study (Conclusion) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
6. Metres Employed in the Hanumannāṭaka < [Chapter 4]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 4a - Chandas (1): Vṛtta type of metre (akṣarachandas) < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 6.3 - Dvātriṃśad-dvātriṃśikā by Upādhyāya Yaśovijaya < [Chapter 6 - Influence of the Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 1 - Use of Chandas (metres) in the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 2 - Literary aspect of the Matsyapurāṇa]