Svayambhuchandas, Svayambhūchandas, Svayambhu-chandas: 1 definition

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Svayambhuchandas 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Svayambhuchhandas.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: archive.org: Origin And Developement Of Sanskrit Metrics

Svayambhūchandas of Svayambhū has been regarded as a standard work on Sanskrit, Prakrit and Apabhramsa (Apabhraṃśa) metres. The author of this work has been rememberd by most of his followers

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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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