Varnavritta, Varṇavṛtta, Varna-vritta: 9 definitions
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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)
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 (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
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).
Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त).—n.
(-ttaṃ) A metre regulated by the number of syllables, (opposite to mātrāvṛtta.) E. varṇa, and vṛtta metre.
Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त).—[neuter] a metre measured by the number of syllables.
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]
Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त):—[varṇa-vṛtta] (ttaṃ) 1. n. Metre regulated by the number of syllables.
Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त):—n. ein nach der Zahl der Silben gemessenes Metrum [Colebrooke] [?II,96. Oxforder Handschriften 87,a,4. 197,a, No. 457. Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 816. 1354.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Varṇavṛtta (ವರ್ಣವೃತ್ತ):—[noun] (pros.) a verse having syllables as a base (diff. from the having prosodical unit).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Varṇavṛtta (वर्णवृत्त):—n. syllabic meter or a meter regulated by the number of syllables it contains;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vritta, Varna.
Starts with: Varnavrittapariccheda.
Full-text (+201): Totaka, Varnavrittapariccheda, Dodhaka, Hamsi, Mallika, Damanaka, Kamala, Bhishmamishra, Prabhavati, Bhittaka, Sundarika, Yamaka, Tomara, Madhavika, Priya, Tirna, Lagalika, Vijoha, Savasaka, Karahanci.
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AYU (Journal of Research in Ayurveda)
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