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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
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.]
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.]
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.])
chandaskṛtaछन्दस्कृतchandas—kṛta mfn. composed in metre, [Mn. iv, 100]
(a-cch° neg.), [ŚāṅkhBr. iii, 2.]
chandaspakṣaछन्दस्पक्षchandas—pakṣa (chánd°) mf(A)n. borne aloft on the wings of desire, [AV. viii, 9, 12.]