Vrittadarpana, Vṛttadarpaṇa, Vritta-darpana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛttadarpaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vrttadarpana or Vrittadarpana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Vṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण) is the name of a text dealing with Sanskrit prosody (chandas) for which no authorship could be traced. Usually the authors mention their names, parentage etc. in the colophon of their works. But there are certain works in which, the author leaves no impression of his identity. The Vṛttadarpaṇa is mentioned in the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXXI. p. 6.
2) Vṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण) is the name of a work ascribed to Gaṅgādharakavīndra related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
3) Vṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण) is the name of a work ascribed to Bhīṣma Miśra (alias Harikavi) related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
3) Bhīṣma Miśra was a native of Mithilā. The Vṛttadarpaṇa is a treatise in two chapters on versification. The first chapter deals with the mātrā-vṛttas and the second with varṇa-vṛttas. In the invocatory verse of Vṛttadarpaṇa, he praises Piṅgala and compares him with nāga as he is the epithet of Śeṣanāga as well as Lord Śiva. He also tells that Piṅgala is the knower of essence of poetic excellence (kavitva).
4) Vṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण) is the name of a work ascribed to Maṇi Miśra related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
5) Vṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण) is the name of a work ascribed to Sītārāma (disciple of Kandāḍa Veṅkaṭācārya) related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
5) Sītārāma starts the Vṛttadarpaṇa after praising goddess Lakṣmī in terms of Ramā in the invocatory verse of the work, composed in mallikā metre. Sītārāma illustrates 202 metres in Vṛttadarpaṇa. Out of these 202 metres the first chapter exhibits 39 metres, where as the second, third and fourth chapters deals on 140, 12, 11 metres respectively. He describes the mātrā metres in the first chapter of the work. The vaitālīya and upachandasika metres are also described in this chapter. The second, third and fourth chapters illustrate samavṛtta, ardhasamavṛtta and viṣamavṛtta respectively. He also gives the gist of the chapter at the end of respective chapter viz. the number of verses, no. of metres, no of granthas etc. The text is in both poetry and prose form. He puts the example first and then describes it in prose form, in which he gives the lakṣaṇa of the metre also.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Vṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Gaṅgādhara. Oudh. Xix, 58.
—by Jānakīnandana, son of Rāmānanda. L. 2038. K. 94.
—by Bhīṣmamiśra. L. 2028.
—by Maṇimiśra. Oudh. Iii, 12.
—by Mathurānātha Śukla. NW. 606.
—by Veṅkaṭācārya. Rice. 26.
2) Vṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण):—metrics, by Bhīṣmamiśra. Stein 55.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttadarpaṇa (वृत्तदर्पण):—[=vṛtta-darpaṇa] [from vṛtta > vṛt] m. Name of [work]
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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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Partial matches: Vritta, Darpaṇa.
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