Kashyapacchandashshastra, Kashyapa-chandashshastra, Kāśyapacchandaśśāstra: 1 definition
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Kashyapacchandashshastra 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 Kāśyapacchandaśśāstra can be transliterated into English as Kasyapacchandassastra or Kashyapacchandashshastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kashyapachchhandashshastra.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureKāśyapacchandaśśāstra (काश्यपच्छन्दश्शास्त्र) is the name of a work ascribed to Kāśyapa related to the topics of Sanskrit prosody (chandas) but having an unknown period of composition.
The Kāśyapacchandaśśāstra deals mainly with prastāra.
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: Kashyapa, Chandasshastra.
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