Vrittapratyayakaumudi, Vṛttapratyayakaumudī, Vrittapratyaya-kaumudi: 3 definitions

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Vrittapratyayakaumudi 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 Vṛttapratyayakaumudī can be transliterated into English as Vrttapratyayakaumudi or Vrittapratyayakaumudi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Vṛttapratyayakaumudī (वृत्तप्रत्ययकौमुदी) is the name of a work ascribed to Piṅgala related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vṛttapratyayakaumudī (वृत्तप्रत्ययकौमुदी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Piṅgala (?). Lahore. 8.

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

Vṛttapratyayakaumudī (वृत्तप्रत्ययकौमुदी):—[=vṛtta-pratyaya-kaumudī] [from vṛtta > vṛt] f. 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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