In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

Upakhaṇḍa (उपखण्ड) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Upakhaṇḍa has 13 mātrās in each of its four lines (6, 4, 3).—Note: Khaṇḍa, Saṃgalitā, Padagalitā, Sundarāgalitā, Jyotsnā Upakhaṇḍa and Uddohaka are but other names of the Apsarovilasita.—[Apsarovilasita has 13 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 6, 4 and 3 mātrās or 4, 4 and 5 mātrās or 5, 5 and 3 mātrās.]

context information

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upakhaṃḍa (ಉಪಖಂಡ):—

1) [noun] a large land mass, smaller than that usu. called a continent; often, a subdivision of a continent, regarded as a geographic or political entity; a sub-continent.

2) [noun] a sub-division of a clause of an act of a legislature; a sub-clause.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Khanda, Upa.

Ends with: Udupakhamda, Vana-upakhanda.

Full-text: Upakhamda, Upkhand, Jyotsna, Padagalita, Khanda, Samgalita, Sundaragalita, Uddohaka.

Relevant text

No search results for Upakhanda, Upakhaṇḍa, Upakhamda, Upakhaṃḍa, Upa-khanda, Upa-khaṇḍa; (plurals include: Upakhandas, Upakhaṇḍas, Upakhamdas, Upakhaṃḍas, khandas, khaṇḍas) in any book or story.