[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 # Piṅgala's Chandaḥsūtra and its tradition (Paiṅgalachandaḥśāstra) Piṅgala's foundational Chandaḥsūtra, its commentaries (such as Halāyudha's Mṛtasañjīvanī and Yādavaprakāśa's), and direct sūtra supplements and epitomes. - **Contents:** 37 works, 2 readable - **Words:** 43,399 ## Main works - [Chandahsutra (Chandaḥsūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala) — Sanskrit; 50 BCE - [Pingalachandas (Piṅgalachandas)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalachandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; partly digitised ## Contents (35) - [Chandahsutra (Chandaḥsūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingala) — Sanskrit; 50 BCE; Piṅgala - [Brihatpingala (Bṛhatpiṅgala)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.brhatpingala) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalasara (Piṅgalasāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalasara) — Prakrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Hariprasāda Sūri; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalasaroddhara (Piṅgalasāroddhāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalasaroddhara) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Rupadipapingala (Rūpadīpāpiṅgala)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.rupadipapingala) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Jayakṛṣṇa; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vrittoktiratna (Vṛttoktiratna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.vrttoktiratna) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Nārāyaṇa; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandahparishishta (Chandaḥpariśiṣṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.chandahparisista) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandas (Pingala) (Chandas (Piṅgala))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.chandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chando Vartikaraja (Chando Vārtikarāja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.chandovartikaraja) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Gambhīrarāja; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandobhashya (Chandobhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.chandobhasya) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandovyakhyasara (Chandovyākhyāsāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.chandovyakhyasara) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Kṛṣṇamiśra; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Laghupingala (Laghupiṅgala)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.laghupingala) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Matravritta (Lakshminatha Sharman) (Mātrāvṛtta (Lakṣmīnātha Śarman))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.matravrtta-laksminatha-bhatta) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Lakṣmīnātha Śarman; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Mulasutra (Mūlasūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.mulasutra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Patalaraja (Pātālarāja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.patalaraja) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Śaṅkara; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalacchandahshastra (Piṅgalacchandaḥśāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalacchandahsastra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalacchandassutra (Piṅgalacchandassūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalacchandassutra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalacchandasutra (Piṅgalacchandasūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalacchandasutra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalacchandolakshana (Piṅgalacchandolakṣaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalacchandolaksana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalachandahshastra (Piṅgalachandaḥśāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalachandahsastra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalachandas (Piṅgalachandas)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalachandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; partly digitised - [Pingalachandassutra (Piṅgalachandassūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalachandassutra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingaladrishta (Piṅgalādṛṣṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingaladrsta) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalamala (Piṅgalāmala)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalamala) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalamasha (Piṅgalamāṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalamasa) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Śeṣa; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalamatasarasangraha (Piṅgalāmatasārasaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalamatasarasangraha) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalanidhana (Piṅgalanidhāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalanidhana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgalācārya; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalarthya (Piṅgalārthyā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalarthya) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalarupaka (Piṅgalarūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalarupaka) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalashastra (Piṅgalaśāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalasastra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Cintāmaṇi Bhaṭṭa; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalavicara (Piṅgalavicāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalavicara) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pingalayi chandas (Piṅgalāyī chandas)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.pingalayichandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Rupakajati (Rūpakajāti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.rupakajati) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shriramapingala (Śrīrāmapiṅgala)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.sriramapingala) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Harinātha Brahmacārī; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Varnapariksha (Varṇaparikṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school.varnapariksa) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Piṅgala; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.pingala-school) · Pramāṇa