अनुष्टुप्छन्दः (Anustup Chanda)
अनुष्टुप्छन्दसि चत्वारः पादाः भवन्ति प्रत्येकपादे च अष्ट अक्षराणि।श्लोके षष्ठं गुरु ज्ञेयं सर्वत्र लघु पञ्चमम्।
द्विचतुष्पादयोर्ह्रस्वं सप्तमं दीर्घमन्ययोः॥
अस्य छन्दसः षष्ठम् अक्षरं गुरु पञ्चमम् च लघु। सप्तमम् अक्षरं प्रथमे तृतीये च पादे गुरु, द्विचतुष्पदयोः सप्तमम् अक्षरं लघु भवति। सप्तमम् अक्षरं यथाक्रमम् परिवर्तते, प्रथमपादे गुरु द्वितीयपादे लघु तृतियपादे गुरु चतुष्पादे लघु।
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Ravindra, 
atul 3:08 am on June 20, 2008 Permalink |
fantastic details about anustup chanda. can you please translate it to hindi or english please.
Manish 9:03 pm on July 14, 2009 Permalink |
Please translate this very useful information in Hindi or English or both.
S. L. Abhyankar 7:23 am on July 15, 2009 Permalink |
इसका हिन्दी अनुवाद ऐसा होगा – अनुष्टुभ् छन्दमें चार चरण रहते हैं और प्रत्येक चरणमें आठ अक्षर । प्रत्येक चरणका छ्ठा अक्षर गुरु और पांचवा लघु । सातवा अक्षर पहले और तीसरे चरणमें दीर्घ तथा दूसरे और चौथे चरणमें ह्रस्व ।
कार्तिकजीने दिया श्लोक इस अनुष्टुभ् छन्दके ना सिर्फ़ लक्षण बताता है, एक बखूबी उदाहरणभी है ।
श्लोके षष्ठं गुरु ज्ञेयं ।
सर्वत्र लघु पञ्चमम्।
द्विचतुष्पादयोर्ह्रस्वं ।
सप्तमं दीर्घमन्ययोः॥
प्रत्येक चरणमें आठ अक्षर या उच्चारके अंश syllables हैं । प्रत्येक चरणका पांचवा, छठा और सातवा – सारे अक्षर सही मात्रामें हैं ।
Debasish Bhattacharya 4:06 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink |
Kindly let me know like anustup chanda, totally how many types of chandas are there and how they are pronounced?
S. L. Abhyankar 3:21 am on January 29, 2010 Permalink |
Chhandas usually called as meters in English are too many. There are tow broad categories – akShar-vritta or maatraa-vritta. AkShar is syllable and maatraa is a syllabic instant.
In Sanskrit poetry, one has verses or stanzas or ‘pada’s. Each pada has four quarters, e.g. even in Bhagavadgeetaa although most Shlokas are written in two lines, there are two parts. See the very first Shloka in Geetaa.
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः |
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ||१-१||
The four quarters are -
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे
समवेता युयुत्सवः |
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव
किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ||१-१||
So each Shloka has four quarters. For most vrittas the number of syllables or syllabic instants are same. But rules of different vrittas also provide for the number to be different. So, they can be sama-vritta’s or ardha-sama-vritta’s or vishama-vritta’s.
The first Shloka in Geetaa is a sama-vritta, because each quarter has identical number of eight syllables.
In an Appendix in Apte’s dictionary, you will find examples of many different vritta’s grouped by number of syllables in each quarter, ranging from 4 syllables in a quarter to as many as 23 syllables in a quarter!
Each syllable can be long or short, so, of weightage 1 or 2. In an earlier post I had detailed the Mandaakraantaa vritta used by Kalidasa in all 115 pada’s of his Meghadootam.
govind gopal 11:10 pm on May 23, 2010 Permalink |
diffrence between पठितुं and पठनार्थम्?
akshay srinivasan.s 4:45 pm on June 10, 2011 Permalink |
patitum is a word with tumun prtyaya for example, vaktum (to say) kartum (to do) etc. a prtyaya is a word which is added to a dhatu (root) to give some meaning. the meaning of tumun is to do something patitum meaning is to read.
बालक: पठितुं विद्यालयं गच्छति
that is the boy is going to school to read
but patanaartham is for doing something
बालक: पतनार्थं विद्यालयं गच्छति
that is the boy is going to school for reading
govind gopal 3:09 am on July 8, 2011 Permalink
thanks for .
now pl. difference between ktwaa & lyap syffix?
dahrmendra singh 10:22 pm on July 16, 2010 Permalink |
namo namaha
srhee mantaha me ll grade ki pareeksha de raha hu kya ap mujhe us ka kors padha denge
A 7:18 am on January 16, 2011 Permalink |
Could you please tell me where to read more about different chhandas?
Which chhanda(s) have 4 padas of 12 aksharas (different combinations of long and short)?
Which are the most common chhandas other than anushtup and mandaakraanta?
akshay srinivasan.s 4:31 pm on June 10, 2011 Permalink |
sir, can u pl. tell me about gayatri and viraj and trishtup chandas
surreal yogin 11:16 pm on February 23, 2012 Permalink |
could you please mention anushtup chanda lakshanam?
thanks
akshay srinivasan.s 8:55 pm on February 25, 2012 Permalink |
key: U – laghu or short swara example: kru ru su mu
_ – guru or long swara example: oo roo soo aa
X – any type of akshara
X X X X U _ _ X
X X X X U _ U X
X X X X U _ _ X
X X X X U _ U X
Ravindra 11:32 pm on April 13, 2012 Permalink |
I want to learn sanskrit channa