Udicyavritti, Udīcyavṛtti, Udicya-vritti: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Udīcyavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Udicyavrtti or Udicyavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Udichyavritti.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Udīcyavṛtti (उदीच्यवृत्ति) is a type of mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) described in the Vaitālīyaprakaraṇa section of the second chapter of Kedārabhaṭṭa’s Vṛttaratnākara. The Vṛttaratnākara is considered as most popular work in Sanskrit prosody, because of its rich and number of commentaries. Kedārabhaṭṭa (C. 950-1050 C.E.) was a celebrated author in Sanskrit prosody.
2) Udīcyavṛtti (उदीच्यवृत्ति) refers to one of the thirty mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the 331st 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 udīcya-vṛtti metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
3) Udīcyavṛtti (उदीच्यवृत्ति) refers to one of the thirty-four mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the Garuḍapurāṇa. The Garuḍapurāṇa also deals with the science of prosody (e.g., the udīcya-vṛtti) in its six chapters 207-212. The chapters comprise 5, 18, 41, 7 and 9 verses respectively.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Udīcyavṛtti (उदीच्यवृत्ति):—[=udīcya-vṛtti] [from udīcya > ud-añc] f. the custom of the Northerners, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra ii, 17, 17]
2) [v.s. ...] a species of the Vaitālīya metre.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vritti, Udicya.
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