Difference between 'Gadyam' and 'danDakam'

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V Subrahmanian

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Aug 23, 2020, 2:32:42 AM8/23/20
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Is there any difference between the 'Gadyam' and 'DaNDakam'?  We have 'Raghuveera gadyam' and 'Shyamala danDakam, GaruDa danDakam, etc.  Is there any structural difference between these two types of compositions?

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Shankar Rajaraman

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Aug 23, 2020, 3:13:20 AM8/23/20
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Namaste
Dandakam has fixed and repetitive pattern of laghus and gurus (e.g., U _ _ U _ _ ) whereas gadyam doesn't. 
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Nagaraj Paturi

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Aug 23, 2020, 4:13:11 AM8/23/20
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Dandakam is a meter. Gadyam is not. 

Quite often, the gaNas in Dandakam are in khandagati i.e., य |UU , र UIU , त UUI pattern.

Unlike the other meters where there are rules of number of paadas =  lines per s'loka /padyam = stanza / verse and number of Ganas = feet for a line  

Dandakam does not have a rule of number of lines per verse or number of feet per line. 

It just has a, not a very strict though, rule of sequence of panchamaatraaka gaNas such as य |UU , र UIU , त UUI pattern.

Gadyam is a singable 'prose' . 

In Telugu Palkuriki Somanathudu's Aksharaanka Gadya (12th century AD) is the first available work of this genre. 

The word Vachanamu(lu) is used in the book Simhagiri Narahari Vachanamulu (13th century AD) by Krishnamacharyulu 

This genre is also known by the name Vinnapamulu (reports/appeals)

Vachanamulu in Telugu should not be confused with the Vachanagalu in Kannada.

Gadya/Vachanamulu/Vinnapamulu is essentially a genre of Stotra literature, while Vachnagalu is not necessarily so. 

Gadya in Sanskrit also seems to be a genre of Stotra literature and probably the model for Gadya in Telugu.  

Dandakam(u) is also originally a genre of Stotra literature, though new content was experimented right in the 15th century AD itself in works like Bhoginee Dandakamu , disputedly attributed to Potana, the author of the Srimat+Andhra Bhagavatamu a translation of Mahabhagavata purana. 
 

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V Subrahmanian

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Aug 23, 2020, 6:14:44 AM8/23/20
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Many thanks Sri Shankar ji and Sri Paturi ji for the clarification.  

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Gauri Mahulikar

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Aug 23, 2020, 7:22:49 AM8/23/20
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Hari Om!
I have written an article on "Dandaka: A Unique Meter", published in The studies in ChandaHSAstra, (pp.214-224) edited by Dr. Bhagyalata Pataskar
It's published by Vaidik Samshodhana Mandala, Pune in 2012

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Madhav Deshpande

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Aug 23, 2020, 10:26:37 AM8/23/20
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Here is a link to the beautiful rendition of the Shyamala Dandakam by MS Subbalakshmi:


Madhav M. Deshpande
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

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Kushagra Aniket

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Aug 23, 2020, 10:34:43 AM8/23/20
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Professor Deshpande Ji,

I don't think this rendition is by MS. Among the Carnatic female trinity, only D K Pattammal has recorded the Shyamala Dandakam:


Professor Mahulikar Ji, is your article available on any online databases such as JSTOR? I would be interested in reading it.

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Kushagra

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Prabhu

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Aug 23, 2020, 10:44:19 PM8/23/20
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Thank you Prof Paturi-ji for the detailed explanation and examples!

I have been searching for हयग्रीव-दण्डकम्‌ (hayagrIva-daNDakaM) over the past week and 
as a part of my search for, I came across this e-book:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras: Grammar, lexiocography and prosody
which too has some some details about दण्डकम्‌ 
(jpeg screenshots attached)

I came across "श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंह-प्रादुर्भाव-दण्डकं" of श्री श्रीपादराजतीर्थ.
(shrIlakShmInR^isiMha-prAdurbhAva-daNDakaM of  shrI shrIpAdarAjatIrtha)


Regards
Prabhu

On Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 1:13:11 AM UTC-7, Nagaraj Paturi wrote:
Dandakam is a meter. Gadyam is not. 

Quite often, the gaNas in Dandakam are in khandagati i.e., य |UU , र UIU , त UUI pattern.

Unlike the other meters where there are rules of number of paadas =  lines per s'loka /padyam = stanza / verse and number of Ganas = feet for a line  

Dandakam does not have a rule of number of lines per verse or number of feet per line. 

It just has a, not a very strict though, rule of sequence of panchamaatraaka gaNas such as य |UU , र UIU , त UUI pattern.

Gadyam is a singable 'prose' . 

In Telugu Palkuriki Somanathudu's Aksharaanka Gadya (12th century AD) is the first available work of this genre. 

The word Vachanamu(lu) is used in the book Simhagiri Narahari Vachanamulu (13th century AD) by Krishnamacharyulu 

This genre is also known by the name Vinnapamulu (reports/appeals)

Vachanamulu in Telugu should not be confused with the Vachanagalu in Kannada.

Gadya/Vachanamulu/Vinnapamulu is essentially a genre of Stotra literature, while Vachnagalu is not necessarily so. 

Gadya in Sanskrit also seems to be a genre of Stotra literature and probably the model for Gadya in Telugu.  

Dandakam(u) is also originally a genre of Stotra literature, though new content was experimented right in the 15th century AD itself in works like Bhoginee Dandakamu , disputedly attributed to Potana, the author of the Srimat+Andhra Bhagavatamu a translation of Mahabhagavata purana. 
 

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 12:43 PM Shankar Rajaraman <trya...@gmail.com> wrote:
Namaste
Dandakam has fixed and repetitive pattern of laghus and gurus (e.g., U _ _ U _ _ ) whereas gadyam doesn't. 
Regards
Shankar Rajaraman

On Sun, 23 Aug 2020, 12:02 V Subrahmanian, <v.subr...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there any difference between the 'Gadyam' and 'DaNDakam'?  We have 'Raghuveera gadyam' and 'Shyamala danDakam, GaruDa danDakam, etc.  Is there any structural difference between these two types of compositions?

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Prabhu

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Prof. Gauri Mahulikar-ji

If you could suggest a way t get a soft copy of your paper, I really appreciate!

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BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru
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Gauri Mahulikar

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Hari Om!
Dear Prabhu ji,
I am attaching a scanned copy of the article for you to read
Awaiting your comments

warm regards
Prof. Gauri Mahulikar
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Chandahasashastra001.pdf

Nagaraj Paturi

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Aug 25, 2020, 1:06:44 AM8/25/20
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For all of us to read. Downloaded. 

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Nagaraj Paturi

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Aug 25, 2020, 1:13:45 AM8/25/20
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Read it , excellent. Learnt a few things. 

Glad to see your mention of Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad at the end of the article. 

Gauri Mahulikar

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Hari Om!
Thank you Nagaraj garu.
I get enriched by reading the posts on BVP. 
It's an intellectual treat to all, I feel
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Varalakshmi K

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Aug 25, 2020, 4:55:22 AM8/25/20
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Gouri madam, 
Thank you for sharing your valuable article. I mistook 'Dandakam' to be the name of prose composition related to stotra literature. your article gave me clarity of 'Dandakam' meter. 

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Prabhu

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Aug 27, 2020, 11:54:31 PM8/27/20
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Prof. Gauri Mahulikar-ji

Thank you for sharing the paper. I shall read it over the weekend and share my thoughts.


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Prabhu
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