Rathyavarnaka, Rathyāvarṇaka, Rathya-varnaka: 1 definition
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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Rathyāvarṇaka (रथ्यावर्णक) is the name of an Apabhraṃśa metre classified as Dvipadi (metres with two lines in a stanza) discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Rathyāvarṇaka has 37 mātrās in each of their two lines, formed with 1 ṣaṇmātra, 7 caturmātras, and 1 trimātra at the end, with the yati after the 12th and the 20th mātrās. Rathyāvarṇaka itself is called Carcarī, when its yati is shifted to the 14th and the 22nd, and it is called Abhinava when the same is shifted to the 16th and the 24th mātrās. If the initial ṣaṇmātra of the Rathyāvarṇaka is placed between the 6th and the 7th caturmātras, and if the yati occurs after the 16th and the 24th mātrās, it is called Capala.
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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