Ratiramanapriya, Ratiramaṇapriya, Ratiramana-priya: 1 definition
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Ratiramanapriya 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.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Ratiramaṇapriya (रतिरमणप्रिय) (also Dīrghaka according to Hemacandra) is the name of a metre similair to Siṃhapada: an Apabhraṃśa metre classified as Dvipadi (metres with two lines in a stanza) discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Siṃhapada has 38 mātrās in each of their two lines, made up with 9 caturmātras and 1 dvimātra, and has the yati after the 16th and the 24th mātrās. A Siṃhapada with the yati after the 14th and the 22nd mātrās is called Dīrghaka by Hemacandra and Ratiramaṇapriya by Svayambhū.
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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Partial matches: Priya, Ratiramana.
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