Vrittaratnarnava, Vṛttaratnārṇava, Vritta-ratnarnava: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Vṛttaratnārṇava can be transliterated into English as Vrttaratnarnava or Vrittaratnarnava, 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

Vṛttaratnārṇava (वृत्तरत्नार्णव) is the name of a work ascribed to Narasiṃha (alias Nṛsiṃha Bhāgavata), son of Cinna Veṅkaṭasūri and Vīrammā related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.

The Vṛttaratnārṇava is the lone work to Narasiṃha’s credit. Narasiṃha introduces the subject very interestingly. He says the metre, divided into two viz. mātrā and varṇa in laukika, is called as chanda by Piṅgala and other Ācāryas. The author also states that he summarizes herein the science of prosody in 6 chapters which was taught by Piṅgala and other authors in 12000 granthas. The chapters are: 1. Saṃjñādhikāra, 2. Mātrāvṛtta, 3. Samavṛtta, 4 & 5. Ardhasamavṛtta and 6. Ṣaṭpratyaya. He imitates the Chandomañjarī of Gaṅgādāsa, while introducing the gaṇas (viz. ma, ya, ra, sa, ta, bha, ja, na, with laghu and guru) where he says that the whole vāṅmaya is covered by these gaṇas, like world (jagat) is covered by Lord Viṣṇu.

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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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