Samkirnaskandhaka, Sankirna-skandhaka, Samkirna-skandhaka, Saṃkīrṇaskandhaka, Sankirnaskandhaka, Saṅkīrṇaskandhaka: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Saṃkīrṇaskandhaka (संकीर्णस्कन्धक) refers to a variation Gīti, which itself is a variety of Gāthā: one of the oldest Prakrit meters probably developed out of the epic Anuṣṭubh, as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Among the metres derived from the Gāthā, Gīti, Upagīti and Udgīti are most important. Gīti is made with two first halves of a Gāthā. [...] If in a Gīti, pañcamātras were substituted for any of the caturmātras without any restriction, it gets the name Vicitrā, and if a caturmātra is substituted for the last long letter in each half, the Gīti is called Skandhaka. [...] A Saṃkīrṇaskandhaka is formed with one half of Gīti and another of Skandhaka.—Nanditāḍhya (Gāthālakṣaṇa, vv. 63-65) mentions Saṃkīrṇaskandhaka as Gāthinī. Nanditāḍhya’s names are perhaps the older ones and are also adopted by Piṅgala at I.48, 49, 60-63.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Samkirna, Skandhaka.
Full-text: Gathini.
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