Vrittamanimala, Vṛttamaṇimālā, Vritta-manimala: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Vṛttamaṇimālā can be transliterated into English as Vrttamanimala or Vrittamanimala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Vṛttamaṇimālā (वृत्तमणिमाला) or Vṛttamaṇikośa is the name of a work ascribed to Śrīnivāsa (son of Lakṣmī and Veṅkaṭa) related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
1) The Vṛttamaṇikośa is described under Prastāraśekhara. This is the second work of Śrīnīvāsa on the science of metres. His Prastāraśekhara deals with the technicality of prastāra of various metres whereas the Vṛttamaṇikośa defines the application and narration of different metres of Sanskrit. Like the Prastāraśekhara this text is also divided into six chapters, named viṣkambha, and Prastāraśekhara, Lord Hari is also prayed by Śrīnivāsa at the beginning. The author addresses the Lord with various synonyms of his name. He says Lord Hari and one who takes resort to Śeṣādri (śeṣādriśaraṇa), who remains always young (nityataruṇa), decorated with the pearls namely Kaustubha (kaustubhābharaṇa), who saves the Globe (viśvoddharaṇa) should protect.
2) Vṛttamaṇimālā (वृत्तमणिमाला) is the name of a work ascribed to Gogārāma related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
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, Manimala.
Full-text: Lokoktishatakadvaya, Saprakarataravali, Sumanoranjanakavya, Hariharastuti, Vaijayantikosha, Shrinivasacampu, Sahityasukshmasarani, Vrittamanikosha, Shrinivasa.
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