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chandछन्द्3. chad or cl. 10. chadáyati (also °te = √ arc, [Naigh. iii, 14] [v.l., °ti]; Subj. °yat, [RV.]; 2. pl. °yātha, [i, 165, 12]), chandayati (twice cl. 1. chándati [= arcati, [Naigh. iii, 14]] [MBh. xii]; Ā. [Subj. °yāte] [RV.]; aor. acacchadat, [Nir. ix, 8]; acchān, [RV.]; 2. pl. °nta, [i, 165, 12]; 3. pl. °ntsur, [x, 119, 3]; Subj. chantsat [[Naigh. ii, 6]] [RV.]; 2. sg. °tsi, [i, 163, 4]; perf. cacchanda, [vii, 73, 3]; Pot. cacchadyāt, [x, 73, 9]) to seem, appear, be considered as, [RV.]; [TāṇḍyaBr. xiv, 5]; to seem good, please (with dat.), [RV.]; [ŚBr. viii]; (with acc.), [MBh. xii, 7379] (cf. [7376]); Ā. to be pleased with, delight in (acc. or loc.), [RV. viii, 50, 5]; [x, 27, 8]; chandayati, to gratify any one (acc.; exceptionally gen. [MBh. xii, 7275]; [R. iii, 3, 15]) with anything (instr., esp. vareṇa, ‘with a boon’, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [BhP.]); to try to seduce any one (acc.), [BhP. x, 45, 36.]
& 2. . See √ & √ 3. chad.
v.l. for √ chṛd, q.v.
chandaछन्दmfn. = °nna, [L.], Sch.
chánda mfn. pleasing, alluring, inviting, [RV. i, 92, 6]; [viii, 7, 36]
praising (chánda, [Naigh. iii, 16]), [RV. vi, 11, 3]
cf. madhu-cch°
chánda m. appearance, look, shape, [Hariv. 8359 ff.]
cf. prati and vi-cch°
pleasure, delight, appetite, liking, predilection, desire, will, [Yājñ. ii, 195]; [MBh.] &c.
poison, [L.]
N. of Śākya-muni's charioteer (chandaka), [Lalit. xv]; [Divyāv. xxvii, 159]
of a prince, [W.]
cf. sva-
indra-, kalāpa-, deva and vijaya-, various kinds of pearl-ornaments.
& 2. See √ & √ 3. chad.
chandoछन्दोin comp. for °das.
chanduछन्दुchándu mfn. pleasing, [RV. i, 55, 4.]
chandātछन्दात्chándāt (āt), abl. ind. according to the wish of (in comp.), [MBh. viii, 3542]
(a-cch° neg. ‘involuntarily’, [R. iii, 5, 2])
chandaḥछन्दःin comp. for °das
chandaśछन्दश्= °das.
chandasछन्दस्n. ‘roof’, see bṛhác-
deceit, [Uṇ.]
chándas n. desire, longing for, will, [MBh. xii, 7376]; [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 93], [Kāś.]
intention, purport, [W.]
a sacred hymn (of [AV.]; as distinguished from those of [RV.]; [SV.] & [YajurV.]), incantation-hymn, [RV. x]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. viii]; [MBh. v, 1224]; [Ragh. i, 11]
the sacred text of the Vedic hymns, [ŚBr. xi, 5, 7, 3]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]; [VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ.]; [Mn.] &c.
metre (in general, supposed to consist of 3 or 7 typical forms [[AV.]; [VS.] &c.] to which Virāj is added as the 8th [[ŚBr. viii, 3, 3, 6]]; chándas opposed to gāyatrí and triṣṭúbh, [RV. x, 14, 16])
metrical science, [MuṇḍUp. i, 1, 5]; [MBh. i, 2887]; [Pañcat.]; [Śrut.]
= °do-grantha, [Nyāyam. ix, 2, 6], Sch.;
[cf. Lat. scando, ‘to step, scan’.]
chan°das &c. See [ib.]
chandyaछन्द्यchándya mfn. = °ndu, [RV. viii, 101, 5]
chandajaछन्दजchanda—ja mfn. ‘originating from one's own wish’, self-produced (gods), [Hariv. 12296.]
chandakaछन्दकmfn. ifc. ‘charming’, see sarva-
m. N. of Śākya-muni's charioteer, [Divyāv. xxvii, 158]; [Lalit.]
1. & 2.
chandanaछन्दनmfn. charming, [VarBṛS. civ, 61.]
chan°dana 1. & 2.
chandenaछन्देनchándena (ena), instr. ind. [also with svena, [viii, 1249]; [R. ii, 83, 25]; or ifc. with sva- ([Hariv. 7017]) or ātma-, [MBh. v], [xiii]; [R. v, 26, 18]] according to one's own wish, [Mn. viii, 176]; [Nal. xxiii, 15]; [R. v]
according to the wish of (gen.), [MBh. iii, 7096]; [Hariv. 7097]
(a-cch° neg. ‘against the wish of’) 7098 and 8557
chanditaछन्दितmfn. gratified, [MBh. xiii]; [Hariv.]
chandogaछन्दोगchando—ga m. (√ gai) ‘singer in metre’, chanter of the [SV.], Udgātṛ priest, [AitBr. iii, 32]; [ŚBr. x]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] &c.
chandomaछन्दोमchandomá m. (fr. °do-'ma, ‘hymn's or metre's home’ ?) the 8th, 9th, and 10th day in the Dvādaśāha rite (but cf. [ĀśvŚr. viii, 7, 18]), [TS. vii]; [ŚBr. xii]; [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]
N. of the 3 Stomas sung in that rite, [TāṇḍyaBr. x], [xix],
chandaskaछन्दस्कifc. (f(A). ) = °das, metre, [Nyāyam. ix, 2, 5] and [8], Sch.
chandasyāछन्दस्याchandasyā́ (ā́), f. (with íṣṭakā) N. of a sacrificial brick, [ŚBr. vii, 5, 2, 42]; [viii, 2 f.]
chandasyaछन्दस्यchandasyà mfn. ([Pāṇ. iv, 3, 71] and [4, 93]; [140] Vārtt. 1) taking the form of hymns, metrical, relating to or fit for hymns, [RV. ix, 113, 6]; [TS. i, 6, 11, 4]
made or done according to one's wish, [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 93], [Kāś.]
chandatasछन्दतस्chanda—tas ind. at will, at pleasure, [KaṭhUp. i, 25]; [Yājñ. iii, 203]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
according to the wish of (gen.), [Suśr.]
chandaścitछन्दश्चित्chandaś—cit mfn. piled with metres, [Śulbas. ii, 81.]
chandagatiछन्दगतिchanda—gati f. interpretation of the Veda (°nda for °ndas), [R. vii, 36, 45.]
chandasikāछन्दसिकाf. = °ndo-grantha.
chandastvaछन्दस्त्वchandas—tva n. the state of a sacred hymn or of its metre, [ChUp. i, 4, 2],
chandasvatछन्दस्वत्chándas—vat (chánd°), mfn. desiring, [TS. iv, 3, 11, 1] (-pakṣa, [AV.])
chandobhāgaछन्दोभागchando—bhāga mf(A)n. one whose share is a metre, [AitBr. ii, 18.]
chandobhāṣāछन्दोभाषाchando—bhāṣā f. (g. ṛg-ayanādi) the language of the Veda, [TPrāt.]; [Caraṇ.] ([DevīP.])
chandodevīछन्दोदेवीchando—devī f. ‘metre-goddess’, Gāyatrī, [Hcat.]
chandodevaछन्दोदेवchando—deva m. N. of Mataṅga, [MBh. xiii, 1937]
chandomālāछन्दोमालाchando—mālā f. a similar work.
chandomānaछन्दोमानchando—māna n. (g. ṛg-ayanādi), ‘measure of a metre’, a syllable regarded as the metrical unit, [ŚāṅkhŚr. i], [xiii]
(ifc.), [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 176], [Kāś.]
chandomayaछन्दोमयchando—máya mfn. consisting of or containing or representing sacred hymns, [ŚBr. vi], [x]; [AitBr. vi, 27]; [BhP.]
chandonāmaछन्दोनामchando—nāmá mfn. ‘named metre’, metrical, [VS. iv, 24.]
chandorūpaछन्दोरूपchando—rūpa n. a form of metre, [ŚāṅkhBr. xx.]
chandovatīछन्दोवतीchando—vatī f. (in music) a kind of Śruti.
chandaḥsāraछन्दःसारchandaḥ—sāra m. Piṅgala's work on metre, [AgP. cccxxvii ff.]
chandaḥstubhछन्दःस्तुभ्chandaḥ—stúbh mfn. id., [RV. v, 52, 12.]
chandaḥstutछन्दःस्तुत्chandaḥ—stut mfn. praising in hymns, [BhP. v, 20, 8.]
chandacārinछन्दचारिन्chanda—cārin mfn. complying with the wishes of (gen.), [MBh. xiii, 2789.]
chandahānisछन्दहानिस्chanda—hānis mfn. giving up one's desires (?), [Divyāv. xxxv, 173.]
chandamṛtyuछन्दमृत्युchanda—mṛtyu mfn. having death in one's power, [MBh. xii, 1820]; [BhP. i, 9, 29.]
chandaskṛtaछन्दस्कृतchandas—kṛta mfn. composed in metre, [Mn. iv, 100]
(a-cch° neg.), [ŚāṅkhBr. iii, 2.]
chandobhāṣyaछन्दोभाष्यchando—bhāṣya n. N. of wk.
chandobaddhaछन्दोबद्धchando—baddha mfn. = °das-kṛta, [Sarvad. xv, 246.]
chandomavatछन्दोमवत्chandoma—vat mfn. accompanied by a Chandoma, [Maś.]
chandonāmanछन्दोनामन्chando—nāman mfn. id., [ib.], Sch.
chandovṛttaछन्दोवृत्तchando—vṛtta n. any metre, [MBh. i, 28]
chandaḥkalpaछन्दःकल्पchandaḥ—kalpa m. collection of ritualistic rules, [Āp. 11, 8, 11]
chandaḥsūtraछन्दःसूत्रchandaḥ—sūtra n. = -sāra.
chandaḥsiddhiछन्दःसिद्धिchandaḥ—siddhi f. a ch. of the Kāvya-kalpa-latā-vṛttiparimala.
chandapātanaछन्दपातनchanda—pātana m. = °ndaka-p°, [W.]
chandaspakṣaछन्दस्पक्षchandas—pakṣa (chánd°) mf(A)n. borne aloft on the wings of desire, [AV. viii, 9, 12.]
chandodīpikāछन्दोदीपिकाchando—dīpikā f. N. of wk.
chandogaśākhāछन्दोगशाखाchando—ga—śākhā f. a branch of the [SV.] (quoted in a work on Śrāddhas)
chandogranthaछन्दोग्रन्थchando—grantha m. ‘metre-book’, [SV. i]; [Nyāyam. ix, 2, 6], Sch.
chandovicitiछन्दोविचितिchando—viciti f. (g. ṛgayanādi), ‘examination of metres’, metrical science, [Vām. i, 3, 7]
N. of wk. (called Vedāṅga), [Āp. ii, 8, 11]; [VarBṛS. civ, 64]; [Bhar.]; [Kāvyād. i, 12]
chandovivṛtiछन्दोविवृतिchando—vivṛti f. explanation of metres, [W.]
= °daḥsāra, [Madhus.]
chandānugāminछन्दानुगामिन्mfn. complying with the wishes (of others), submissive, [Cāṇ.]
chandānuvṛttaछन्दानुवृत्तv.l. for °do-'nuv°.
chandaḥśāstraछन्दःशास्त्रchandaḥ—śāstra n. metrical science, [Vām. i, 3, 7]
= -sāra
chandaḥpuruṣaछन्दःपुरुषchandaḥ—puruṣa m. metre personified, [AitĀr. iii, 2, 3, 2] and [4.]
chandogaśrutiछन्दोगश्रुतिchando—ga—śruti f. ‘tradition of the Chandogas’, the [SV.]; [Parāś. ii, 5/111, 3, 6]
chandogovindaछन्दोगोविन्दchando—govinda n. Gaṅgā-dāsa's work on metre.
chandomañjarīछन्दोमञ्जरीchando—mañja°rī f. Gaṅgā-dāsa's work on metre.
chandomañjariछन्दोमञ्जरिchando—mañjari f. Gaṅgā-dāsa's work on metre.
chandonuvṛttaछन्दोनुवृत्तchando—'nuvṛtta n. compliance with any one's wishes, [Cāṇ.] ([Hit.]; v.l. °dānuv°).
chandānuvartinछन्दानुवर्तिन्mfn. id., [MBh. iii, 296]; [R. ii, 53, 10]; [Pañcat.]; [Kām.]
following one's own will, [Rājat. iii, 141.]
chandaḥprakāśaछन्दःप्रकाशchandaḥ—prakāśa m. N. of wk.
chandakapātanaछन्दकपातनchandaka—pātana m. a hypocrite, [L.]
chandapraśastiछन्दप्रशस्तिchanda—praśasti f. N. of wk. by Harṣa.
chandobhaṅgavatछन्दोभङ्गवत्chando—bhaṅga-vat mfn. offending against metre, [Sarasv.]
chandogamāhakiछन्दोगमाहकिchando—ga—māhaki m. N. of a teacher, [VBr.]
chandogasopānaछन्दोगसोपानchando—ga—sopāna n. N. of wk.
chandomārtaṇḍaछन्दोमार्तण्डchando—mārtaṇḍa m. N. of wk. on metre.
chandomadaśāhaछन्दोमदशाहchandoma—daśāha m. id., [KātyŚr. xxiii f.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xiii]; [Vait.]
chandoruṭstomaछन्दोरुट्स्तोमchando—ruṭ-stoma m. (fr. -ruh-st°) N. of a Ṣaḍ-aha rite, [ŚāṅkhŚr. x, 8, 33.]
chandaḥpraśastiछन्दःप्रशस्तिchandaḥ—praśasti f. = °nda-pr°.
chandaḥsaṃgrahaछन्दःसंग्रहchandaḥ—saṃgraha m. ‘summary of metres’, N. of a work, [Tantras. ii.]
chandaḥsudhākaraछन्दःसुधाकरchandaḥ—sudhākara m. N. of wk.
chandaścūḍāmaṇiछन्दश्चूडामणिchandaś—cūḍāmaṇi m. a work by, [Hemac.]
chandogapaddhatiछन्दोगपद्धतिchando—ga—paddhati f. N. of the work Yajña-pārśva ([YajurV. Parīś. xv], [Caraṇ.])
chandoratnākaraछन्दोरत्नाकरchando—ratnākara m. a similar work by Sarvajña-ratnākara-śānti.
chandaḥkalpalatāछन्दःकल्पलताchandaḥ—kalpa—latā f. N. of wk.
chandaḥprakaraṇaछन्दःप्रकरणchandaḥ—prakaraṇa n. a ch. on metre, [PSarv.]
chandogabrāhmaṇaछन्दोगब्राह्मणchando—ga—brāhmaṇa n. = chāndogya-br°, [AitBr. iv, 18]; [Sāy.]
chandomatrikakudछन्दोमत्रिककुद्chandoma—tri-kakud m. N. of a Try-aha rite, [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 29, 16.]
chandopahārāvaliछन्दोपहारावलिchando—'pahārāvali f. N. of wk.
chandaḥpratiṣṭhānaछन्दःप्रतिष्ठानchándaḥ-pratiṣṭhāna mfn. based on metre, [MaitrS.]
chandakanivartanaछन्दकनिवर्तनchandaka—nivartana n. ‘Candaka's return’, N. of a Caitya, [xv, 378.]
chandogapariśiṣṭaछन्दोगपरिशिष्टchando—ga—pariśiṣṭa n., [Kāty.]'s supplement on [Gobh.]; [Mn. ii, 44]; [Kull.]
chandomadaśarātraछन्दोमदशरात्रchandomá—daśarātra m. N. of a Daśa-rātra rite, [Maś.]
chandomavatparākaछन्दोमवत्पराकchandoma—vat-parāka m. = -tri-kakud, [Vait. xli, 2.]
chandonuśāsanavṛttiछन्दोनुशासनवृत्तिchando—'nuśāsana-vṛtti f. N. of wk.
chandogāhnikapaddhatiछन्दोगाह्निकपद्धतिchando—°gāhnika-paddhati f. N. of wk. by Rāma-kṛṣṇa.
chandogavṛṣotsargatattvaछन्दोगवृषोत्सर्गतत्त्वchando—ga—vṛṣotsarga-tattva n. N. of wk.
chandomapavamānatrirātraछन्दोमपवमानत्रिरात्रchandoma—pavamāna-trirātra m. = -tri-kakud, [Maś.]
chandogaśrāddhatattvapramāṇaछन्दोगश्राद्धतत्त्वप्रमाणchando—ga—śrāddha-tattva-pramāṇa n. N. of wk. by Raghu-nandana