Vrittagandhi, Vṛttagandhi, Vritta-gandhi, Vrittagamdhi: 6 definitions
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Vrittagandhi 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 Vṛttagandhi can be transliterated into English as Vrttagandhi or Vrittagandhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Vṛttagandhi (वृत्तगन्धि) refers to one of the three types of gadya according to Candraśekhara’s Vṛttamauktika 6.1-2. As the metres are used in padyas, there are also metres, prescribed for gadyas. Candraśekhara (author of Vṛttamauktika) divides the whole vāṅmaya in two groups i.e. padya and gadya. He defines gadya as the composition, which is distracted with pāda. He again divides the gadya into three viz. Cūrṇaka, Utkalikāprāya and Vṛttagandhi.
Description of Vṛttagandhi: If a gadya composition has metric composition at places, it is called as Vṛttagandhi.
2) Vṛttagandhi according to the Chandomañjarī 6.1 by Gaṅgādāsa (16th century):—If a gadya composition has metric composition at places, it is called as vṛttagandhi.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVṛttagandhi (वृत्तगन्धि).—n. Name of a kind of prose (having only the name of metre).
Vṛttagandhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛtta and gandhi (गन्धि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttagandhi (वृत्तगन्धि).—n.
(-ndhiḥ) Name given to a particular kind of prose.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttagandhi (वृत्तगन्धि):—[=vṛtta-gandhi] [from vṛtta > vṛt] n. ‘having the smell of rhythm’, Name of a [particular] kind of artificial prose containing metrical passages (dhi-tva n.), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVṛttagaṃdhi (ವೃತ್ತಗಂಧಿ):—[noun] a prose form of writing, that turns to rhythmic and metrical style occasionally.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vritta, Gandhi.
Starts with: Vrittagandhin, Vrittagandhitva.
Full-text: Vrittagandhitva, Gandhivritta, Viruttakanti, Gadyavritta, Gadya, Utkalikapraya, Curnaka.
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