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# Chandahsutra 8: atha aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

Chandaḥsūtra 8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.78) — 1 part

### atha aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.1)

atrānuktaṃ gāthā

### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.2)

kuḍmaladantī bhtau ngau gindriyarasāḥ

### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.3)

varatanurnjau jrau ṣaḍrasāḥ

### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.4)

jaladharamālā mbhau smau samudravasavaḥ

### [8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.5)

gaurī nau rau

### [8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.6)

lalanā bhtau nsāvindriyarṣayaḥ

### [8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.7)

kanakaprabhā sjau sjau g

### [8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.8)

kuṭilagatirnau tau g svarartavaḥ

### [8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.9)

varasundarī bhjau snau gau

### [8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.10)

kuṭilā mbhau nyau gau vedarasasamudrāḥ

### [8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.11)

śailaśikhā bhrau nbhau bhgau bhūtarasendriyāṇi

### [8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.12)

varayuvatī bhrau ynau ngau

### [8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.13)

atiśāyinī sau jbhau jgau g diksvarāḥ

### [8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.14)

avitathaṃ njau bhjau jlau g

### [8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.15)

vasvindriyasamudrāścetkokilakam

### [8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.16)

vibudhapriyā rsau jau bhrau vasudiśaḥ

### [8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.17)

nārācakaṃ nau rau rau

### [8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.18)

vismitā ymau nsau rau g rasartusvarāḥ

### [8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.19)

śaśivadanā njau bhjau j jrau rudradiśaḥ

### [8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.20)

dvikau glau

### [8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.21)

miśrau ca

### [8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.22)

pṛthaglau miśrāḥ

### [8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.23)

vasavastrikāḥ

### [8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.24)

larddhe

### [8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.25)

saike g

### [8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.26)

pratilomaguṇaṃ dvirlādyam

### [8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.27)

tato'pyekaṃ jahyāt

### [8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.28)

dvirarddhe

### [8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.29)

rūpe śūnyam

### [8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.30)

dviḥ śūnye

### [8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.31)

tāvadardhe tadguṇitam

### [8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.32)

dvirdyūnaṃ tadantānām

### [8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.33)

ekone'dhvā

### [8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.34)

pare pūrṇam

### [8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.35)

pare pūrṇamiti

### [8.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.1-2)

ityaṣṭamo'dhyaḥ samāptaścāyaṃ granthaḥ atha pariśiṣṭam ṛtumātraṣṭaḥ

### [8.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.2-2)

pañcamātraṣṭhaḥ

### [8.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.3-2)

caturmātro ḍaḥ

### [8.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.4-2)

trimātro ḍhaḥ

### [8.5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.5-2)

dvimātro ṇaḥ

### [8.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.6-2)

āryyābhedāntargatā udgītirvigāthā

### [8.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.7-2)

upagītirgāhuḥ

### [8.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.8-2)

gītirudgāthā

### [8.9-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.9-2)

yatra dvādaśāṣṭādaśamātraṃ prathamārddhaṃ dvādaśaviṃśatimātraṃ dvitīyārddhaṃ sā gāhinī

### [8.10-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.10-2)

viparītā siṃhinī

### [8.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.11-2)

dvādaśaviṃśatimātrābhiḥ skandhakārddham

### [8.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.12-2)

ṭaḍaḍhāṣṭaḍalā dohārddham

### [8.13-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.13-2)

rudramātrābhiḥ ṣaṭpadī rasikā

### [8.14-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.14-2)

ekādaśatrayodaśayatikacaturviṃśatimātrā cataścaraṇā catuṣpadī rolā

### [8.15-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.15-2)

yamakitasaptadaśākṣarāṣṭādaśākṣarapādābhyāṃ gandhānārddham

### [8.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.16-2)

sagaiḥ saptaḍakāraiścatuṣpadī

### [8.17-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.17-2)

sampūrṇaiścatuṣpadyanyā catuṣpadī

### [8.18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.18-2)

saptaḍakārānte valayaṃ daśāṣṭatrayodaśayatikamitthaṃ dvipadī dhattā

### [8.19-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.19-2)

ṭaḍatrayaṭhaḍadvayairekatriṃśatkalaḥ ekādaśasaptatrayodaśayatikaḥ itthaṃ dvipado dhattānandaḥ

### [8.20-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.20-2)

yatra dvau ṭakārau sa ja viprānyatamaḍatrayamadhyau rudratrayodaśayatikau itthaṃ catuṣpadaṃ kāvyam

### [8.21-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.21-2)

ḍatraya ḍhaṭaḍaḍhairvasupakṣamātrākaiścatuṣpadamullālam

### [8.22-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.22-2)

kāvyapādacatuṣṭayollāladvipadaiḥ ṣaṭpadī

### [8.23-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.23-2)

jāntaḍacatuṣṭayacatuṣpadī pajjhaṭikā

### [8.24-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.24-2)

saiva bhāntāḍillā prathamadvitīyayostṛtīyacaturthayośca yamakitā

### [8.25-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.25-2)

ḍavatuṣṭayapūrvavat yamakitapādākulakam

### [8.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.26-2)

ṣoḍaśacaturdaśamātrābhiścauyālārddham

### [8.27-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.27-2)

yatra ḍhaḍa dvayajakāraiḥ prathamaḥ pādaḥ ladvayāntyaḍatrayeṇa dvitīyaḥ ḍhaḍatrayeṇa tṛtīyaḥ ḍhaḍadvayena caturthaḥ tṛtīyavatpañcama padapañcakānte dohāpādacatuṣṭayamitthaṃ navapadī rā

### [8.28-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.28-2)

ajavasuḍaiścatuṣpadī padmāvatī

### [8.29-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.29-2)

yatra dohācaraṇacatuṣṭayena pūrvārddhaṃ kāvyacaraṇacatuṣṭayenottarārddhaṃ dohāśeṣacaraṇakāvyādyacaraṇaikadeśābhyāṃ kāvyadvitīyatṛtīyapādādyayatibhyāñca yamakayuktaṃ sā kuṇḍalikā

### [8.30-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.30-2)

ṭaḍacatuṣṭayaḍhairarkatrayodaśayatikaiścatuṣpadaṃ gaganāḍganam

### [8.31-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.31-2)

ṭaḍa pañcakagairdvipadī

### [8.32-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.32-2)

daśadaśasaptadaśayatikamunivahnimātrākadvipadamullaṇam

### [8.33-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.33-2)

ḍanavakarābhyāṃ dvipadī khañjā

### [8.34-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.34-2)

yatra ḍa ṣaṭkajābhyāṃ ḍasaptakajābhyāñca pūrvottarārddhaṃ sā śikhā

### [8.35-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.35-2)

yatra ḍa navakarephakarṇaiḥ pūrvārddhamāryyottarārddhañca sā mālā

### [8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.36)

kusumāntadohāpūrvottarārddhābhyāṃ culiyālā

### [8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.37)

ṭaḍalaiṣṭaḍhabhaiḥ sauraṭhārddham

### [8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.38)

yatra viprasabhānyataraḍatrayagairekādaśākṣaraiḥ prathamadvitīyapādau sabhānyataraḍatrayagairdaśākṣaraiśca tṛtīya caturthau pādau sā hākaliḥ

### [8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.39)

ḍajābhyāṃ catuṣpado madhubhāraḥ

### [8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.40)

ḍatrayaṭaḍatrayagaiścatuṣpadī daṇḍakalā

### [8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.41)

jāntaikādaśamātrābhiścatuṣpada ābhīraḥ

### [8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.42)

ḍacatuṣṭayaṭaḍadvayagaiḥ ṣoḍaśamātrāyatikaiścatuṣpadī kāmakalā

### [8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.43)

aja ḍasaptakagairucirārddham

### [8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.44)

ḍa ladvayajaiścatuṣpadaṃ dīpakam

### [8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.45)

sadvijānyataraḍaiścaturbhiścatuṣpadaṃ siṃhāvalokitam

### [8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.46)

gādi ṭa ṭha ḍa jageścatuṣpadaḥ plavaṅgamaḥ

### [8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.47)

ḍāṣṭakaiścatuṣpadī līlāvatī

### [8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.48)

ṭhaṭaṭhatraya gairaṣṭāviṃśatimātrakaṃ harigītam

### [8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.49)

tadvayāntaniyatantaddharagītam

### [8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.50)

navasaptadvādaśayatikañceddharigītā

### [8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.51)

ajāṣṭaḍairdaśavasuvasuṛtuyatikaiścatuṣpadītribhaṅgī

### [8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.52)

daśāṣṭacaturdaśayatikairvasuḍaiścatuṣpadī darmilakā

### [8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.53)

yamakitagādiṭatrayarābhyāṃ prathamadvitīyayostṛtīyacaturthayoścāntyayamakitaścatuṣpado hīraḥ

### [8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.54)

saptadvija sairdaśavasuvasuṛtuyatikaiścatuṣpadaṃ janaharaṇam

### [8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.55)

ladvayaḍa navakagairdaśavasucaturdaśa vasuyatikaiścatuṣpadaṃ madanagṛham

### [8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.56)

ṭaḍa pañcakakagalairdaśavasvekādaśayatikaiścatuṣpadaṃ mahārāṣṭram

### [8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.57)

bhasaptakagābhyāṃ catuṣpadī madirā

### [8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.58)

saiva gāntā mālatī

### [8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.59)

sāṣṭakagābhyāṃ catuṣpadī mallī

### [8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.60)

jasaptakalagaiścatuṣpadī mallikā

### [8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.61)

saiva gāntā mādhavī

### [8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.62)

ḍāṣṭakacatuṣpadī māgadhī

### [8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.63)

ṭhadvayaḍadvayalagaiścatuṣpadaṃ galitakam

### [8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.64)

ṭhadvayaḍadvayaṭhaiścatuṣpadaṃ vigalitakam

### [8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.65)

ḍadvayaṭhābhyāṃ catuṣpadaṃ saṅgalitakam

### [8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.66)

ṭhadvayalagaiḥ sundaragalitakam

### [8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.67)

ṭhadvayaḍhadvayābhyāṃ bhūṣaṇagalitakam

### [8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.68)

ṭaḍhacatuṣṭayagairmukhagalitakam

### [8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.69)

ṭagānta ḍa catuṣṭayābhyāṃ vilambitagalitakam

### [8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.70)

ḍaṭhadvayaḍadvayalagaiḥ samagalitakam

### [8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.71)

yatra ḍaḍhābhyāmayugmau ṭaḍha catuṣṭayaṭhagairyugmau pādau itthaṃ catuṣpadamaparaṃ saṅkalitakam

### [8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.72)

ajaḍapañcakagābhyāṃ catuṣpadamaparaṃ vilambitagalitakam

### [8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.73)

ṭhaḍaṭhaḍaṭhagaiścatuṣpadaṃ vikṣiptikagalitakam

### [8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.74)

ḍa ṭha ḍa ṭhaḍa gairlalitāgalitakam

### [8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.75)

yatra ṭhaḍaṭha ḍakamalaiḥ prathamadvitīyapādau ṭhatrayaḍa sūryaiśca tṛtīyacaturthau tadviṣamitāgalitakam

### [8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.76)

ṭaviṣamajaḍadaśakacatuṣpadaṃ mālāgalitakam

### [8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.77)

idameva ḍadvayahīnañcenmugdhamālāgalitakam

### [8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.78)

tadāpi ḍadvayanyūnañcedudgalitakam

### [8.78.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8.78.p1)

iti pariśiṣṭam

## Commentaries (3)

- [Mṛtasañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!halayudha.10.34) — Halāyudha, Sanskrit
- [Vṛttamauktika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!candrasekhara) — Candraśekhara, Sanskrit
- [Piṅgalaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalaprakasa) — Vaṃśīdhara, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Piṅgalachandaḥsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.prakrit.pingalachandahsutra.8.8) — Piṅgala, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-singh-1935.v1.c7.s12.10) — Datta & Singh 1935, English

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