[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Metrics (prosody)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda) › [Piṅgala's Chandaḥsūtra and its tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school) › Chandahsutra # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/pingala) - **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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.0) — 1 part - [1 prathamo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.1) — 15 parts - [2 atha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.2) — 16 parts - [3 atha tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.3) — 66 parts - [4 atha caturtho'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.4) — 54 parts - [5 atha pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.5) — 45 parts - [6 atha ṣaṣṭo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.6) — 48 parts - [7 atha saptamo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.7) — 36 parts - [8 atha aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.8) — 113 parts ## Commentaries (39) - [Mṛtasañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!halayudha) — Halāyudha, Sanskrit - [Chandaḥśāstravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!yadavaprakasa) — Yādavaprakāśa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Bhāṣyarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!bhaskararaya) — Bhāskararāya Makhin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Commentary of Dāmodara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!damodara) — Dāmodaramiśra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Commentary of Śrīharṣaśarman](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!sriharsasarman) — Śrīharṣa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalachandovṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalachandovrtti) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalamataprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!visvanatha) — Viśvanātha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!vanchidhara) — Vāñchīdhara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalavārttika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalavarttika) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vṛttamauktika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!candrasekhara) — Candraśekhara, Sanskrit - [Vṛttiṭippana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!candrasri) — Candraśrī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chalārṇasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!chalarnasutra) — Bhāskararāya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandaḥsāraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!srikhanda) — Śrīkhaṇḍa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandaḥsāraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!jagannathapandeya) — Jagannātha Pāṇḍeya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandaḥśāstraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!harsata) — Harṣaṭa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandaḥśāstraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!mathuranatha-sukla) — Mathurānātha Śukla, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandaḥśāstraṭippaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!sricandrasuri) — Śrīcandra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandaḥśāstravyākhyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!tulasirama) — Tulasīrāma, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandaḥsūtraṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!ramacarya) — Rāmācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandobhāṣyarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!chandobhasyaraja) — Bhāskararāya Makhin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandomahābhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!chandomahabhasya) — Bhaṭṭadāmodara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandoratnahalāyudha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!chandoratnahalayudha) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Chandovārttikarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!gambhiraraya-bharati) — Gambhīrarāyabhāratī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Choṭīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!sakharama-diksita) — Sakhārāma Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Jyotsnā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!krsna-pandita) — Kṛṣṇapaṇḍita, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Mṛtasaṃjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!mritasamjivani) — Halāyudha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Mṛtasaṃjīvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!mrtasamjivini) — Halāyudha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Mṛtasañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!mrtasanjivani) — Bhāskararāya Makhin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalabhāvoddyota](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalabhavoddyota) — Candraśekhara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalabhāvodyota](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalabhavodyota) — Candraśekharakavi, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalachandodolakaṇvyākhyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalachandodolakanvyakhya) — Dāmodaramiśra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalapradipa) — Lakṣmīkānta, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalaprakasa) — Vaṃśīdhara, Sanskrit - [Piṅgalatattvaprakāśikā (Rājendra-cūḍāva-dhāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!pingalatattvaprakasika) — Rājendra-cūḍāva-dhāna, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Piṅgalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!padmaprabha-suri) — Padmaprabha Sūri, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!sanjivani) — Halāyudha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sañjīvī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!sanjivi) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Varṇavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!bhagavati) — Bhāgavati, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vyākhyāna of Becarāma Sārvabhauma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala!becarama-sarvabhauma) — Vecārāma Sārvabhauma, Sanskrit, not yet digitised ## Texts within (2) - [Varnapariccheda (Pingala) (Varṇapariccheda (Piṅgala))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.varnapariccheda-pingala) — Sanskrit; 50 BCE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Varnapariccheda (Pingalacarya) (Varṇapariccheda (Piṅgalācārya))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala.varnapariccheda) — Sanskrit; 50 BCE; Piṅgalācārya; catalogued, text not yet digitised ## Mentioned in - [تحقيق ما للهند من مقولة مقبولة في العقل أو مرذولة](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.biruni.tahqiq-ma-lil-hind.13) ## See also: more in [Piṅgala's Chandaḥsūtra and its tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school) - [Pingalachandas (Piṅgalachandas)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalachandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; partly digitised _Discussed in 25 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page)._ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala) · Pramāṇa