Vidama, Vidāma: 1 definition
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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Vidāma (विदाम) refers to a variety of Gāthā: one of the oldest Prakrit meters probably developed out of the epic Anuṣṭubh, as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Among the metres derived from the Gāthā, Gīti, Upagīti and Udgīti are most important. [...] By adding 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 caturmātras before the last long letter in the first half of a Gāthā, we respectively get a Jātiphala, Gātha, Udgātha, Vigātha, Avagātha, Saṃgātha, Upagātha and Gāthinī. If more than 14 caturmātras are so added, the metre is called Mālāgātha. In a similar manner, we get Dāma, Uddāma, Vidāma, Avadāma, Saṃdāma, Upadāma and Mālādāma by the addition of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 13 or more caturmātras respectively, before the last long letter in the first half of a Jātiphala.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vitamam, Vitaman, Vitamaram.
Ends with: Oru-vitama.
Full-text: Samanjasa, Maladama, Avadama, Upadama, Dama, Samdama, Sushthu, Uddama, Jatiphala, Malagatha.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 11.38 < [Chapter 11 - Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga (beholding the Lord’s Universal Form)]
Verse 5.29 < [Chapter 5 - Karma-sannyāsa-yoga (Yoga through Renunciation of Action)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.9.310 < [Chapter 9 - The Glories of Advaita]
Verse 1.16.11 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
5.2.2. Source of All Avatāras < [Chapter 3 - Analysis on the Basis of Metaphysics]