Vaitaliya, Vaitālīya: 9 definitions
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Vaitaliya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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)
1) Vaitālīya (वैतालीय) refers to one of the thirty mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the 331st chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the vaitālīya metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
2) Vaitālīya (वैतालीय) refers to one of the thirty-four mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the Garuḍapurāṇa. The Garuḍapurāṇa also deals with the science of prosody (e.g., the vaitālīya) in its six chapters 207-212. The chapters comprise 5, 18, 41, 7 and 9 verses respectively.
Vaitālīya (वैतालीय) is the name of a antarasama-catuṣpadi metre (also known as Ardhasama), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Vaitālīya is made up of 14 and 16 mātrās in their odd and even lines respectively, in which the last 8 mātrās of every line must be represented by [SISIS].
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
Vaitālīya (वैतालीय).—m.
(-yaḥ) A kind of metre, or tetrastich, the first and third lines of which contain the time of fourteen short syllables, and the second and fourth of sixteen; it admits of some varieties.
Vaitālīya (वैतालीय).—[adjective] belonging to the Vetālas; [neuter] [Name] of a metre.
1) Vaitālīya (वैतालीय):—[from vaitāla] mfn. relating to the Vetālas, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] n. a kind of metre, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
Vaitālīya (वैतालीय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ)] Belonging to the bard, &c. m. A metre.
Vaitālīya (वैतालीय):—
1) adj. zu den Vetāla in Beziehung stehend, sie betreffend u. s. w.: karman [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 59.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 310.] —
2) n. ein best. Metrum [Colebrooke II, 78. fg. 155.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 307. fgg.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 54. 59.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 814.]
Vaitālīya (वैतालीय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaiālīa.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Vaitaliya (वैतलिय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vaitulika.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Vaitaliyatuvar, Vaitaliyavritta.
Full-text (+0): Udicyavritta, Vaitaliyavritta, Vaitulika, Apatalika, Vaialia, Aupacchandasika, Magadhika, Vaitala, Udicyavritti, Viyogini, Mallari, Vrittabindu, Chandobhaskara, Vetala, Vrittadarpana, Vrittamuktavali.
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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 4b - Chandas (2): Jāti type of metre (mātrāchandas) < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 4 - Chandas or the metre < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Appendix 1 - The Metres used in the Abhijnana Sakuntalam
Chapter 2 - Dvitiya-anka (dvitiyo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Chapter 6 - Shashtha-anka (sastho'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Sutrakritanga (English translation) (by Hermann Jacobi)
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛtam (by Śrīla Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura)
AYU (Journal of Research in Ayurveda)
A critical review of rhythmic recitation of Charakasamhita as per Chhanda Shastra < [Volume 34 (2); 2013 (Apr-Jun)]