Sitarama, ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹: 3 definitions
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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�) is the father of ÅšambhurÄma MiÅ›ra (18th century): disciple of ÅšrÄ«nivÄsa is credited with a metrical text named ChandomuktÄvalÄ«. ÅšambhurÄma mentions one Hariguru in his invocatory verse, who probably was his preceptor. He was a Brahmin by caste and belonged to KÄÅ›yapagotra. He was also a devotee of Lord HayagrÄ«va. He mentions about his gotra, name of his father in the end of the work and the name of his preceptor in colophon. He says with full of devotion that the work is dedicated to Lord HayagrÄ«va and the learned mass should relish the metrical testimony from it.
2) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�) is the disciple of KandÄá¸a Veá¹…kaá¹ÄcÄrya (who resided in kuá¹hÄrapura and who was also a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu) and the author of the Vá¹›ttadarpaṇa. ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ praises and mentions about his preceptor in the beginning of the work. He also gives his identity as he belongs to Äå³Ù°ù±ð²â²¹²µ´Ç³Ù°ù²¹ and ²â²¹Âá³ÜśśÄå°ì³óÄå. ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ starts work after praising goddess Laká¹£mÄ« in terms of RamÄ in the invocatory verse of the work, composed in ³¾²¹±ô±ô¾±°ìÄå metre. As a well versed scholar of both Sanskrit and DrÄviá¸a languages, he says that on the advice of the learned scholars he has composed the works in both the languages.

Chandas (छनà¥à¤¦à¤¸à¥) 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.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Paramasukha (Ramalanavaratna). Bhk. 36.
2) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�):—one of the compilers of the VivÄdÄrṇavabhaá¹…ga. Peters. 2, 53. 187.
3) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�):—ĀryÄvijñapti kÄvya.
4) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�):—JÄnakÄ«pariṇaya nÄá¹aka.
5) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�):—VairÄgyaratna. SÄhityabodha alaṃk.
6) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�):—SamayÄcÄranirÅ«paṇa [tantric]
7) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�):—son of Laká¹£maṇa Bhaá¹á¹a, wrote in 1823: KumÄrasambhavaá¹Ä«kÄ SaṃjÄ«vanÄ« (on 8-17).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹ (सीताराà¤�):—[=²õÄ«³ÙÄå-°ùÄå³¾²¹] [from sÄ«tÄ > sÄ«] m. Name of various authors and other persons, [Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] [dual number] SitÄ and RÄma, [Religious Thought and Life in India 184]
Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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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Starts with: Sitarama paralikara, Sitarama shasrin, Sitarama shastrin, Sitarama suri, Sitaramacandra, Sitaramanujiya, Sitaramapaddhati, Sitaramasamkirtana, Sitaramashrama, Sitaramashtaka, Sitaramashtottarashatanaman, Sitaramastotra, Sitaramatattvaprakasha, Sitaramavihara, Sitaramaviharakavya, Sitaramayantroddhara.
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Search found 55 books and stories containing Sitarama, ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹, Sita-rama, SÄ«tÄ-rÄma; (plurals include: Sitaramas, ³§Ä«³ÙÄå°ùÄå³¾²¹s, ramas, rÄmas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati DÄsa)
Verse 1.11.44 < [Chapter 11 - Meeting with Śrī Īśvara Purī]
Verse 1.10.114 < [Chapter 10 - Marriage with ÅšrÄ« Laká¹£mÄ«priyÄ]
Verse 2.13.84 < [Chapter 13 - The Deliverance of JagÄi and MÄdhÄi]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
Book Review < [January � March, 1999]
Life A Precious Gift of God < [October � December, 2000]
Sri B. Sitarama Rao: An Appreciation < [July 1948]
Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)
Part 3.6-7 - Significance of the TÄlalaká¹£aṇam < [Chapter 4 - Works attributed to Kohala]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
13. Balarama-vijaya by Sitarama < [Chapter 5 - Sanskrit Dramas and Campus bearing on Kerala History]
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