Udgatagalitaka, Udgata-galitaka, Udgatāgalitaka: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Udgatāgalitaka (उद्गतागलितक) is similair to Sāmudgaka, which refers to a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Sāmudgaka has 30 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 5, 5, [ISI], 4, [ISI] and [SS] mātrās. Sāmudgaka is also known as the Udgatāgalitaka when possessed of a Yamaka.
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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Partial matches: Galitaka, Udgata.
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