Shapharika, Śapharikā, Śāpharika: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śapharikā and Śāpharika can be transliterated into English as Sapharika or Shapharika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureŚapharikā (शफरिका) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Śapharikā corresponds to Girā (according to Bharata). Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚāpharika (शाफरिक).—A fisherman.
Derivable forms: śāpharikaḥ (शाफरिकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāpharika (शाफरिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A fisherman. E. śaphara a kind of fish, put for any, and ṭhak aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāpharika (शाफरिक):—m. ([from] śaphara) a fisherman, [Pāṇini 4-4, 35 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāpharika (शाफरिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A fisherman.
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