Shatpadajati, Ṣaṭpadajāti, Shatpada-jati: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Ṣaṭpadajāti can be transliterated into English as Satpadajati or Shatpadajati, 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)Ṣaṭpadajāti (षट्पदजाति) refers to a group of eight metres consisting of six lines (ṣaṭpadī), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—The 3rd and the 6th lines of Ṣaṭpadajāti are equal and contain from 10 to 17 mātrās in them. The remaining lines of the Ṣaṭpadajātis have all of them 7 mātrās in them.
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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