Vrittalankara, Vṛttālaṅkāra, Vritta-alankara: 1 definition
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Vrittalankara 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 Vṛttālaṅkāra can be transliterated into English as Vrttalankara or Vrittalankara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureVṛttālaṅkāra (वृत्तालङ्कार) is the name of a work ascribed to Chavilāla Sūri related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
The Vṛttālaṅkāra is a modern work and published from Benares in 1907.
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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Partial matches: Vritta, Alamkara.
Starts with: Vrittalankaradhyaya, Vrittalankaramalika.
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