Candavrishtipradhataka, Caṇḍavṛṣṭipradhātaka, Candavrishti-pradhataka: 1 definition
Candavrishtipradhataka 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 Caṇḍavṛṣṭipradhātaka can be transliterated into English as Candavrstipradhataka or Candavrishtipradhataka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chandavrishtipradhataka.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature
Caṇḍavṛṣṭipradhātaka (चण्डवृष्टिप्रधातक) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇavṛtta (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the caṇḍavṛṣṭi-pradhātaka metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
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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