Saitava: 4 definitions
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Saitava 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: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureSaitava (सैतव) is the name of a pre-Piṅgalan author on the science of Sanskrit metrics (chandaśāstra): Saitava is quoted by Piṅgala in Chandaśśāstra as one of the earliest authorities. Halāyudha quotes one of his verse in his commentary on the above sūtra, though his text is not found.
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: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumSaitava (सैतव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—an authority on metrics. Quoted by Piṅgala, Indische Studien 8, 340.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saitava (सैतव):—[from setu] a See p. 1247, col. 3.
2) b mfn. ([from] setu) consisting of a dam or bridge, [Kāvya literature]
3) m. Name of a preceptor, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
[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.
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Starts with: Saitavahini.
Full-text: Yati, Uddharshini, Chandasshastra, Vasantatilaka.
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section VI - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter IV]
Section VI - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter II]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 5: Expedition of conquest < [Chapter I - Brahmadattacaritra]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 332 - The metres of un-equal characteristics in the four quarters (viṣama)
Chapter 334 - Metres having similar characteristics in all the four quarters (samavṛtta)
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)