Chandahsutra (Chandaḥsūtra)

छन्दःसूत्र

Piṅgala's Chandaḥśāstra

Foundational sūtra treatise on Vedic and classical metre in 8 adhyāyas; also notable for its binary combinatorics (prastāra, meru).

Language

Sanskrit

Date

300 BCE – 200 CE

Author

Piṅgala

Extent

402 passages, 1,147 words

Text

complete digital text

Source

vedicreserve · Vedic Reserve e-text (Maharishi University of Management Vedic Literature Collection, typeset by Peter… · Maharishi University of Management Vedic Literature Collection; free for study

Contents

• 0 Front matter — 1 part
• 1 prathamo'dhyāyaḥ — 15 parts
• 2 atha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ — 16 parts
• 3 atha tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ — 66 parts
• 4 atha caturtho'dhyāyaḥ — 54 parts
• 5 atha pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ — 45 parts
• 6 atha ṣaṣṭo'dhyāyaḥ — 48 parts
• 7 atha saptamo'dhyāyaḥ — 36 parts
• 8 atha aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ — 113 parts

Commentaries (39)

• Mṛtasañjīvanī — Halāyudha, Sanskrit
• Chandaḥśāstravṛtti — Yādavaprakāśa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Bhāṣyarāja — Bhāskararāya Makhin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Commentary of Dāmodara — Dāmodaramiśra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Commentary of Śrīharṣaśarman — Śrīharṣa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalachandovṛtti — Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalamataprakāśa — Viśvanātha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalaprakāśa — Vāñchīdhara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalavārttika — Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Vṛttamauktika — Candraśekhara, Sanskrit
• Vṛttiṭippana — Candraśrī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chalārṇasūtra — Bhāskararāya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandaḥsāraṭīkā — Śrīkhaṇḍa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandaḥsāraṭīkā — Jagannātha Pāṇḍeya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandaḥśāstraṭīkā — Harṣaṭa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandaḥśāstraṭīkā — Mathurānātha Śukla, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandaḥśāstraṭippaṇa — Śrīcandra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandaḥśāstravyākhyā — Tulasīrāma, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandaḥsūtraṭīkā — Rāmācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandobhāṣyarāja — Bhāskararāya Makhin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandomahābhāṣya — Bhaṭṭadāmodara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandoratnahalāyudha — Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Chandovārttikarāja — Gambhīrarāyabhāratī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Choṭīvṛtti — Sakhārāma Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Jyotsnā — Kṛṣṇapaṇḍita, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Mṛtasaṃjīvanī — Halāyudha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Mṛtasaṃjīvinī — Halāyudha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Mṛtasañjīvanī — Bhāskararāya Makhin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalabhāvoddyota — Candraśekhara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalabhāvodyota — Candraśekharakavi, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalachandodolakaṇvyākhyā — Dāmodaramiśra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalapradīpa — Lakṣmīkānta, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalaprakāśa — Vaṃśīdhara, Sanskrit
• Piṅgalatattvaprakāśikā (Rājendra-cūḍāva-dhāna) — Rājendra-cūḍāva-dhāna, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Piṅgalaṭīkā — Padmaprabha Sūri, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Sañjīvanī — Halāyudha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Sañjīvī — Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Varṇavṛtti — Bhāgavati, Sanskrit, not yet digitised
• Vyākhyāna of Becarāma Sārvabhauma — Vecārāma Sārvabhauma, Sanskrit, not yet digitised

Texts within (2)

• Varnapariccheda (Pingala) (Varṇapariccheda (Piṅgala)) — Sanskrit; 50 BCE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised
• Varnapariccheda (Pingalacarya) (Varṇapariccheda (Piṅgalācārya)) — Sanskrit; 50 BCE; Piṅgalācārya; catalogued, text not yet digitised

Mentioned in

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See also: more in Piṅgala's Chandaḥsūtra and its tradition

• Pingalachandas (Piṅgalachandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; partly digitised

Discussed in 25 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page).