Aksharapankti, ṣa貹ṅkپ, Akshara-pankti: 8 definitions
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Aksharapankti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term ṣa貹ṅkپ can be transliterated into English as Aksarapankti or Aksharapankti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarṣa貹ṅkپ (अक्षरपङ्क्ति).—Name given to the dvipada virāj verses divided into padās of five syllables. cf विराजो द्विपदाः केचित् सर्व� आहुश्चतुष्पदाः � कृत्वा पञ्चाक्षरान्पादांस्तास्तथा (virājo dvipadā� kecit sarvā āhuścatuṣpadā� | kṛtvā pañcākṣarānpādāṃstāstathā)Sक्षरपङ्क्तयः (ṣa貹ṅkٲⲹ�) R. Pr. XVII. 50.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) ṣa貹ṅkپ (अक्षरपङ्क्ति) refers to one of the 130 ṇaṛtٲ (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the ṛtٲܰ屹ī, ascribed to ٳܰ岹ٳٲ (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., ṣa-貹ṅkپ) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
2) ṣa貹ṅkپ (अक्षरपङ्क्ति).—While giving the definition of the metre ṣa貹ṅkپ (5 letters in each 岹), the author of the Vṛttamaṇimañjūṣ� defines the guru and -ṇa of the metre. He says that a 岹 in which the first, fourth and fifth are guru and others (second, third) are laghu, that metre is known as ṣa貹ṅkپ metre.

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣa貹ṅkپ (अक्षरपङ्क्ति).�a. 1. having 5 syllables (貹ṅkپ = Gr. pentas-five) सु मत� पद� वग दे इत्येष वै यज्ञोऽक्षरपङ्क्तिः (su mat pad vaga de ityeṣa vai yajño'kṣara貹ṅkپ�) Ait. Br. (tānyetānyakṣarāṇi hotṛja- 岹u prayoktavyāni).
2) Name of a metre of four lines (dvipadā virāj) each having five syllables (one dactyl and one spondee).
ṣa貹ṅkپ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣa and 貹ṅkپ (पङ्क्त�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣa貹ṅkپ (अक्षरपङ्क्ति).—[feminine] [Name] of a metre.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣa貹ṅkپ (अक्षरपङ्क्ति):—[=-ṣa-貹ṅkپ] [from -ṣa] mfn. containing five syllables
2) [v.s. ...] f. Name of a metre of four lines, each containing one dactyl and one spondee, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
3) [v.s. ...] also called 貹ṅkپ or ṃs.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣa貹ṅkپ (अक्षरपङ्क्ति):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-ṅkپ�) Name of a verse or metre con-sisting of four lines, each of them containing one Dactylus and one Spondaeus ({??}), named also 貹ṅkپ and ṃs. E. ṣa and 貹ṅkپ.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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