Vrittasangraha, Vṛttasaṅgraha, Vritta-sangraha: 1 definition
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Vrittasangraha 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 Vṛttasaṅgraha can be transliterated into English as Vrttasangraha or Vrittasangraha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Vṛttasaṅgraha (वृत्तसङ्ग्रह) 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-saṅgraha is mentioned in the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXXI. p. 22.
2) Vṛttasaṅgraha (वृत्तसङ्ग्रह) is the name of a work ascribed to Bhāskara related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
2) The author Bhāskara is identical with Bhāskararāya, son of Gambhīrarāya Bhāratī. But no extracts could be located.
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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