[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) › Vedic metrics # Vedic metrics (Vaidikachandas) Sūtras and treatises on the metres of the Vedic saṃhitās, including the Nidānasūtra and specialized tracts on Vedic prosody. - **Contents:** 40 works, 1 readable - **Words:** 16,780 ## Main works - [Nidanasutra (Nidānasūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.nidana) — Sanskrit; 200 BCE ## Contents (39) - [Nidanasutra (Nidānasūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.nidana) — Sanskrit; 200 BCE; Patañjali (grammarian) - [Anushtubh (Anuṣṭubh)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.anustubh) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandodipa (Chandodīpa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandodipa) — Sanskrit; 1770 CE; Second; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Arshikachandamsi sama (Ārṣikachandāṃsi sāma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.arsikachandamsisama) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Atharvachandas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.atharvachandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chanda udaharana (Chanda udāharaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandaudaharana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandahparibhasha (Chandaḥparibhāṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandahparibhasa) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandahsamkhya (Chandaḥsaṃkhyā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandahsamkhya) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Kātyāyana; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandahsthiti (Chandaḥsthiti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandahsthiti) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandavicitti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandavicitti) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandomaktikajnana (Chandomaktikajñāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandomaktikajnana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandomanjariparishishta (Chandomañjarīpariśiṣṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandomanjariparisista) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandonidarshana (Chandonidarśana)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandonidarsana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandonirnaya (Chandonirṇaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandonirnaya) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandovicitisutra (Chandovicitīsūtra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandovicitisutra) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Gārgya; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Chandovijaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.chandovijaya) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Dandaka (Daṇḍaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.dandaka) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Dharmasundara; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Dhatulakshana (Dhātulakṣaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.dhatulaksana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Danoka Ācārya; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Gayatrikavachachanda (Gāyatrīkavachachanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.gayatrikavachachanda) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Paribhashacchando'darpana (Paribhāṣācchando'darpaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.paribhasacchandodarpana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Paribhashacchandomanjari (Paribhāṣācchandomañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.paribhasacchandomanjari) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Parjanyasuktacchandamsi (Parjanyasūktacchandāṃsi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.parjanyasuktacchandamsi) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pavamanapancasuktachandahparshevata (Pavamānapañcasūktachandaḥpārṣevata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.pavamanapancasuktachandahparsevata) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Rikchando'bheda (Ṛkchando'bheda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.rkchandobheda) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Rudrachanda rishi (Rudrachanda ṛṣi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.rudrachandarsi) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Sabhedagayatricchandodaharana (Sabhedagāyatrīcchandodāharaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.sabhedagayatricchandodaharana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Samavedarcakachanda (Sāmavedārcakachanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.samavedarcakachanda) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shlokachandalakshana (Ślokachandalakṣaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.slokachandalaksana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Tittiricchandas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.tittiricchandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Upanishacchandanirvacana (Upaniṣacchandanirvacana)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.upanisacchandanirvacana) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Upanishacchandas (Upaniṣacchandas)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.upanisacchandas) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vaidikacchanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vaidikacchanda) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Keśava Vyāsa; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vaidikacchandah prakasha (Agnisvata) (Vaidikacchandaḥ prakāśa (Agnisvāta))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vaidikacchandahprakasa-agnisvata) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Agnisvāta; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vaidikacchandahprakasha (Gurjaravinayaka) (Vaidikacchandahprakāśa (Gurjaravināyaka))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vaidikacchandahprakasa) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Gurjaravināyaka; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vaidikacchandahsuci (Vaidikacchandaḥsūcī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vaidikacchandahsuci) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vaidikacchandomanjari (Vaidikacchandomañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vaidikacchandomanjari) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vaidikachandahprakasha (Vaidikachandaḥprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vaidikachandahprakasa) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; Vināyaka; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vaidikachandomanjari (Vaidikachandomañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vaidikachandomanjari) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vedadhatu (Vedadhātu)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.vedadhatu) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised ## Commentaries on these texts as a whole (1) - [Gayatricchandovyakhya (Gāyatrīcchandovyākhyā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika.gayatricchandovyakhya) — Sanskrit; 550 BCE – 1500 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.vaidika) · Pramāṇa