Vrittalakshana, Vṛttalakṣaṇa, Vritta-lakshana: 3 definitions

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Vrittalakshana 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 Vṛttalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vrttalaksana or Vrittalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«previous next»] — Vrittalakshana in Chandas glossary
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

1) Vṛttalakṣaṇa (वृत्तलक्षण) 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 Vṛtta-lakṣaṇa is mentioned in the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXXI. p. 20.

2) Vṛttalakṣaṇa (वृत्तलक्षण) is the name of a work ascribed to Kedārāntarvāṇī related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.

3) Vṛttalakṣaṇa (वृत्तलक्षण) is the name of a work ascribed to Śrīnātha (a Brahmin who introduces himself as Dharaṇīsura) related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.

3) Śrīnātha also gives justification of composition of this work. He says: “Though many metrical compositions of learned scholars are available, I am composing one new text to please the scholars”. He also politely requests the scholars (who are compassionate), to take positively, if I speak of some irrelevant topics.

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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.

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[«previous next»] — Vrittalakshana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Vṛttalakṣaṇa (वृत्तलक्षण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oppert. Ii, 2552.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vṛttalakṣaṇa (वृत्तलक्षण):—[=vṛtta-lakṣaṇa] [from vṛtta > vṛt] n. 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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