Powerpoint of Day 1 Speaker : Nanda Mohan Shenoy( Contact Samskritham21@gmail.com) छन्दस् known as meter plays a very important role both in the Vedic language as well as Sanskrit Literature or Kavyas.
The छन्दस् used in Sanskrit Literature is quite different from that of the Vedias. The छन्दस् has been further sub classified as Matra Chandas and Varna Chandas. There are around 175-200 different combinations of both the classifications put together . These combinations are the reason behind enhancing the beauty of the music be it in terms of Raaga or Taala.
Narayaneeyam is a Bhakti Kavya having 100 Dashakas and 1034 Slokas written in mid-1580 AD has used 25 of the said metres and is an excellent work to understand the various types of popular Vritthas.In this 85 Dashakas use only one type Vrittham (23 Vrittham across 85 Dashakas)and the balance 15 dashakas have multiple vrittham within the same Dashaka.This becomes a complex task for the music fraternity as the number of syllables keep changing . A brief overview of the online sessions are as below :
Course Objective : This course is intended to understand the nuances of the metres involved with specific reference to the various meters there in . The objective is not to study the Vritha Ratnakaram as a text.
Prerequisite: Knowledge to read Devanagari and counting . Knowledge of Sanskrit not required but basic knowledge desirable
Knowledge Statement : The knowledge of Vrittha Ratnakaram
Task Statement :To understand how the vrittham is arrived at and the application of the rules related to Vrittham in Narayaneeyam
Workshop: The participants shall have either a book and pen or be able to type and solve the exercises online as the classes are being conducted. Zoom will be preferred compared to YouTube as it will be more interactive
Duration : Around 4-8 sessions of 1 hour each
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Poll 01
Q1. I can read Malayalam ( Single Choice)
1. 1: True
1.2: False
Q2. I can do online exercise and Homework on ( Single
Choice)
2.1: Laptop/ Desktop
2.2: Note Book and Pen/pencil
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Background: Narayaneeyam uses 25 different Vrittas in it’s hundred
dashakas with 85 Dashakas having only one exclusive meters . Balance
85 Dashakas have a mix and match of multiple meters.
Course Objective : This course is intended to understand the nuances of
the metres involved with specific reference to the various meters there
in . The objective is not to study the Vritha Ratnakaram as a text.
Prerequisite: Knowledge to read Devanagari and counting . Knowledge
of Sanskrit not required but basic knowledge desirable
Knowledge Statement : The knowledge of Vrittha Ratnakaram
Task Statement :To understand how the vrittham is arrived at and the
application of the rules related to Vrittham in Narayaneeyam
Workshop: The participants shall have either a book and pen or be able
to type and solve the exercises online as the classes are being
conducted. Zoom will be preferred compared to YouTube as it will be
more interactive
Duration : Around 4-8 sessions of 1 hour each
Course
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Shiksha (Phonetics)
Kalpa (Ritual Canon)
Vyakaran (Grammar)
Nirukta (explanation)
Chhanda (Vedic meter)
Jyotisha (Astrology)
वेदाङ्ग
सशक्षा
कल्पं
व्याकरणं
ननरुक्तं
छन्दस्
ज्योनतषं
मुखं व्याकरणं तस्य ज्योनतषं नेत्रमुच्यते ।
ननरुक्तं श्रोत्रमुद्धददष्टं छन्दसा ववर्चनतिः पदे ।
सशक्षा घ्राणं तु वेदस्य हस्तौ कल्पान् प्रचक्षते ॥
Vyakarana is the mouth of Vedas, Jyotishya is eye, Nirukta is ear, Chanda is
leg, Shiksha is nose and Kalpa is hands. Thus, they are the angas (body
parts) of Vedas. Hence they are known as Vedangas.
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• यदक्षरं पररमाणं तच्छन्द:
• वपङ्गल Piṅgala's Chandaḥśāstra- 600 BC
• Śrutabodha attributed to Kālidāsa
• Suvṛttatilaka of Kṣemendra (11th century-1050 )
• Chandomañjarī of Gaṅgādāsa (12th century)
• Vṛttaratnākara of Kedārabhaṭṭa (15th century)
• Most Popular
• Lot of commentaries are available in Hindi on the same
• Yet to see an English translation so far in book form
• Vritta Manajari in Malayalam which is also the simplest
for remembering is also a very good reference book for
those who know Malayalam
Works
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Approach -1
छन्दस्- Sub classified as
मात्रा & वणि
Approach-2
अक्षर, मात्रा, वणि
When writing a poem a
poet can use any of the 3
methods . We cannot say
it is wrong
Out of the box
6-गायत्री 7-उस्ष्णक् 8-
अनुष्टुप
9-बृहती
10-पंस्क्त 11-त्रत्रष्टुप ् 12जग
ती
13-
अनतजगती
14-
शक्वरी
15-
अनतशक्व
री
16-
अस्ष्ट
17-
अत्यस्ष्ट
18-धृनत 19-
अनतधृनत
20-कृ नत 21- प्रकृ नत
22-
आकृ नत
23-ववकृ नत 24-
संस्कृ नत
25-
अनतकृ नत
26 उत्कृ नत
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षड्यायननबद्धधस्य च्छन्दसोऽस्य पररस्फु टम ् ।
प्रमाणमवप ववज्ञेयं षड्तत्रत्रंशदर्धकं शतम् ॥ १.५ ॥
It is 136 Slokas in Anustup chandas and not total 136
From here we will not follow the text , I will use a different
methodology and then reverse map the Slokas
The smallest unit is going to be वणि or Syllable (that which is
adjoined with a vowel )
Eg. न and न्means two different things also अनुस्वारम ्and
ववसगििः is not counted
Chapter-1
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# Alphabets Definition
1 .1 अ इ उ ऋ ऌ –in isolation except Rule 3 ,4 and 5 लघु
2.1 आ,ई,ऊ, ,ए,ओ, ऐ,औ गुरु
2.2 अ इ उ ऋ ऌ followed अनुस्वारम् गुरु
2.3 अ इ उ ऋ ऌ followed ववसगििः गुरु
2.4 Any संयुक्त अक्षर follows अ इ उ ऋ ऌ then अ इ उ ऋ ऌ गुरु
2.5 अ इ उ ऋ ऌ चेद्ध पादान्ते गुरु* Optional
Basic Rules
सानुस्वारो ववसगािन्तो दीघो युक्तपरश्च यिः । वा पादान्ते त्वसौ
ग्विो ज्ञेयोऽन्यो मात्रत्रको लृजुिः ॥ १.९ ॥
Notation
लघु - I or
गुरु -S or
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# Words Answer # Words
1 कृ ष्णं S S (2.2 & 2.4) 6 म्वाचायि SSSI
(2.4,2.1,2.1,1.1)
2 वन्दे S S (2.4 & 2.1) 7 शङ्कराचायि SISSI(2.4,1.1,2.1,2.
1,1.1)
3 जगद्धगुरुम ् I SIS(1.1,2.4,1.1,2.2) 8 रामानुजाचायि: SSISSS(2.1,2.1,1.1,
2.1,2.1,2.3
4 नमो I S(1.1,2.1) 9 व्यालोलशैलोत्करं SSISSIS
(2.1,2.1,1.1,2.1,2.1
,1.1,2.2)
5 वेङ्कटेशाय S I S S I
(2.1,1.1,2.1,2.1,1.1)
10 करपररघ-विमर्द-
प्रोद्यमं
I I I I I I S S S I
S
Exercise -1
I I I I I I S S S I S S
उदयरवव सहस्रद्धयोनततं रूक्षवीक्षं
न न म य य
प्रळय जलर्धनादं कल्पकृ द्धवस्ह्न वक्त्रम् |
The oldest and canonical work is. It is written in sūtra style; later works are in verse and condense some parts of it and expand others.
The main four works of the classical period:Śrutabodha attributed to Kālidāsa (2nd century CE?)
Suvṛttatilaka of Kṣemendra (11th century-1050 )
Chandomañjarī of Gaṅgādāsa (12th century)
Vṛttaratnākara of Kedārabhaṭṭa (15th century)
Less important worksChanda Kaustubha of Rādhādāmodara and Baladeva Vidyā Bhūṣaṇa
Chando'nuśāsana of Jayakīrti
Chando'nuśāsana of Hemachandra (1088-1172)
Chandaśekhara
Chandomañjarī-Sañjīvanī
Chandoratnāvali
Chandoviciti of Jayadeva
Piṅgala Chandoviciti Bhāṣya of Yādava Prakāśa
Vṛttacandrodaya Virahāṅka
Vṛttamauktika of Candraśekhara