Yagana, Yagaṇa: 3 definitions
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Yagana 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.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureYagaṇa (यगण) refers to one of the eight gaṇas used in Sanskrit metrics (chandas) with which Nañjuṇḍa associated the following:
Gaṇapratīka: Ādilaghu;
Devatā: Payas (Varuṇa);
Svara: Pañcama;
Varṇa: Sita;
Gotra: Gautama;
Rasa: Karuṇa;
Phala: Sampraj;
Nakṣatra: Jala (Pūrvāṣāḍha);
Yoni: Kapi;
Rāśi: Cāpa (Dhanu);
Gaṇa: Manuja;
Kheṭa: Guru;
Yāma: Dvitīya;
Vāsa: Jaleśadiś (Jaleśadik);
Kula: Vipra;
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusYagaṇa (ಯಗಣ):—[noun] (pros.) a metrical foot consisting of one short followed by two long syllabic instants (u—); bacchius.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryYagaṇa (यगण):—n. a Sanskrit meter;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with (+3): Abhayagana, Alambeyagana, Aranyagana, Aryagana, Ayushyagana, Dravyagana, Gramageyagana, Guhyagana, Jayagana, Kadindriyagana, Kashayagana, Manushyagana, Nrityagana, Rahasyagana, Shishyagana, Sopadhyayagana, Tyagana, Uhyagana, Veshyagana, Veyagana.
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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 6.2 - Metres Employed in the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Part 6.1 - Definition of Chandas (metres) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 332 - The metres of un-equal characteristics in the four quarters (viṣama)
Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
Vṛttas (syllabic metres) < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]
Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
6. Poetic Beauty (a): Metre (Vritta) < [Chapter 3 - An Introduction to Annadatri-carita]