Vrittakaumudi, Vṛttakaumudī, Vritta-kaumudi: 4 definitions
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Vrittakaumudi 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 Vṛttakaumudī can be transliterated into English as Vrttakaumudi or Vrittakaumudi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Vṛttakaumudī (वृत्तकौमुदी) is the name of a work ascribed to Rāmacaraṇa related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
2) Vṛttakaumudī (वृत्तकौमुदी) is the name of a work on Sanskrit prosody (chandas) and is quoted by Divākara in his commentary Ādarśa on Vṛttaratnākara of Kedāra.
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 CatalogorumVṛttakaumudī (वृत्तकौमुदी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Jagadguru. Quoted in Vṛttaratnākarādarśa Io. 1535.
—by Rāmacaraṇa. Oudh. Xii, 18.
Vṛttakaumudī (वृत्तकौमुदी):—[=vṛtta-kaumudī] [from vṛtta > vṛt] f. Name of two metrical treatises.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vritta, Kaumudi.
Full-text: Jagadguru, Ramacarana.
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