Guest guest Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Jai Sri Krishna I would like some help in knowing the names of the various Chandas (meters) of slokas (verses), so that i know what tunes to chant sanskrit hymns in. Know i know of the anushtup chanda, this is the meter of slokas such as Hey Krishna Karuna sindhu......, Namo Brahmanya devaya...., Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu..... etc..... However what are the names of the chandas of the following slokas 1) kaayena vaachaa manasendriyairvaa buddhyaatmanaa vaa prakruteh svabhaavaat karomi yadyad sakalam parasmai naaraayanaayeti samarpayaami and tvameva maataa cha pitaa tvameva tvameva bandhushcha sakhaa tvameva tvameva vidyaa draviNaM tvameva tvameva sarvaM mama devadeva .. 2) yaa kundendu tushhaar haara dhavalaa yaa shubhravastraavR^itaa . yaa viiNaavarada.nDa ma.nDitakaraa yaa shvetapadmaasanaa . yaa brahmaachyutasha.nkaraprabhrutibhirdevai sadaa va.nditaa . saa maaM paatu sarasvatii bhagavatii niHsheshha jaaDyaa pahaa. and kasturi tilakam lalaata palake, vakshasthale kaustubham nasaagre navamouktikam, karatale venum kare kankanam sarvaange harichandanam cha kalayam, kanthe cha muktaavali gopastree pariveshtitho, vijayate gopaala choodamanee 3)Shantha-karam bhujaga-shayanam padma-naabham suresham | Vishva-khaaram gagana sadrusham megevarnam shubhangam || Lakshmi-kantham kamala-nayanam yogi-hrudhyana-gamyam | Vande vishnum bava-bhaya-haram sarva-lokaika-natham || 4) Vigneshvaray Varadhaya Surapriyaya Lambodharashakalaya Jagathpitaya Naganashati Stuthiyagnavibhushitaya Gowrisutaya Gananath Namo Namasthe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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