Upagandharva: 1 definition
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Upagandharva 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)Upagandharva (उपगन्धर्व) 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.—Upagandharva has 36 mātrās in each of their two lines, formed with 3 ṣaṇmātras, 4 caturmātras, and 1 dvimātra at the end, and are marked with the yati after the 12th and the 20th mātrās. When the yati of the second i.e., the Upagandharva is shifted to the 14th and the 22nd, and the 16th and the 24th mātrās respectively, it gets the names of the third and the fourth i.e., Saṅgīta and Upasaṅgīta (or Upagīta).
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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Full-text: Sangita, Upasangita, Upagita.
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