A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.381
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.381
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CHHANDAS, CHHANDO. Metre. One of the Vedāngas. The oldest known work on the subject is “the Chhandah-sāstra, ascribed to Pingala, which may be as old as the second century B.C.” It is published in the Bibliotheca Indica. The subject is one to which great attention has been given by the Hindus from the earliest times.
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- Chandaḥsūtra — Piṅgala, Sanskrit