• Acharya Pingala (Sanskrit: पिङ्गल, romanized: Piṅgala; c. 3rd–2nd century BCE) was an ancient Indian poet and mathematician, and the author of the Chhandaḥśāstra...
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    head, and are the ida on the left, the sushumna in the centre, and the pingala on the right. Ultimately the goal is to unblock these nadis to bring liberation...
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    returned to his palace, he told the story to Rani Pingala and asked her if she would do the same. Rani Pingala said that she would die on hearing the news itself...
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    ISBN 978-0-691-12067-6. In the Chandah-sutra of Pingala, dating perhaps the third or second century BC, [ ...] Pingala's use of a zero symbol [śūnya] as a marker...
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  • because of his rough skin. One day, Bindusara asked the Ajivika ascetic Pingala-vatsajiva to examine which of his sons was worthy of being his successor...
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    Pranava." It is said to represent the nadis (psychic channels) Ida and Pingala, which meet the central Sushumna nadi before rising to the crown chakra...
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  • number of morae per verse. Extant ancient manuals on Chandas include Pingala's Chandah Sutra, while an example of a medieval Sanskrit prosody manual...
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    Revatikā Keśinī Keśāntā Anila Manoharā Manovatī Kusumavatī Kusumapuravāsinī Pingalā Vīramatī Vīrā Suvīrā Sughorā Ghorā Ghorāvatī Surāsundari Surasā Guhyottamārī...
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  • post-Vedic period who contributed to mathematics, the most notable is Pingala (piṅgalá) (fl. 300–200 BCE), a music theorist who authored the Chhandas Shastra...
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    He also wrote short narratives or khandakavyas and Karnabhooshanam and Pingala are two notable works in that genre; the former an account of Karna's generosity...
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