Vishamagalita, Viṣamagalitā, Vishama-galita: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Viṣamagalitā can be transliterated into English as Visamagalita or Vishamagalita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Viṣamagalitā (विषमगलिता) is the name of a antarasama-catuṣpadi metre (also known as Ardhasama), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—The odd lines [of Viṣamagalitā] are formed with 3 caturmātras of which the middle one must be [ISI], and a long letter at the end and the even ones with 1 caturmātra, 1 pañcamātra and [ISSS] at the end.
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: Vishama, Galita.
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