Varnavritta, Varṇavṛtta, Varna-vritta: 8 definitions

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Varnavritta 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.

The Sanskrit term Varṇavṛtta can be transliterated into English as Varnavrtta or Varnavritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«previous next»] — Varnavritta in Chandas glossary
Source: Wikipedia: Sanskrit Prosody

Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त, “syllabo-quantitative verse”) refers to a type of metre found in classical Sanskrit poetry. Varṇavṛtta metres depend on syllable count, but the light-heavy patterns are fixed.

Chandas book cover
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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Varnavritta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त).—a metre regulated by the number of syllables it contains (opp. mātrāvṛtta).

Derivable forms: varṇavṛttam (वर्णवृत्तम्).

Varṇavṛtta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms varṇa and vṛtta (वृत्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त).—n.

(-ttaṃ) A metre regulated by the number of syllables, (opposite to mātrāvṛtta.) E. varṇa, and vṛtta metre.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त).—[neuter] a metre measured by the number of syllables.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त):—[=varṇa-vṛtta] [from varṇa > varṇ] n. Name of a class of metres regulated by the number of syllables in the half-line (such as the Anuṣṭubh, Indra-vajrā etc.; cf. mātrā-vṛtta), [Colebrooke]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त):—[varṇa-vṛtta] (ttaṃ) 1. n. Metre regulated by the number of syllables.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varnavritta in German

context information

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Varnavritta in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Varṇavṛtta (ವರ್ಣವೃತ್ತ):—[noun] (pros.) a verse having syllables as a base (diff. from the having prosodical unit).

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

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