cl. 1. °dati, to cover, [Dhātup. xxxii, 41] (v.l.) : Caus. (or cl. 10) chādáyati (once chád°, [AitBr. i, 30]; chand° [fr. √ chand] [Dhātup. xxxii, 41]; ep. also Ā. pf. chādayāṃ cakre, [R. iv, 58, 7]; p. °yāna, [MBh. vi, 2430]), to cover, cover over, clothe, veil, [RV. vi, 75, 18]; [AV. ix, 3, 14]; [TS. ii], [v]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to spread as a cover, [AitBr. i, 30]; to cover one's self, [ChUp. i, 4, 2]; to hide, conceal, keep secret, [MBh.]; [R. v, 90, 16]; to protect, [ŚāṅkhGṛ. iii, 11]; [PārGṛ. iii, 9, 6] ([KāṭhGṛ. 47]) : Caus. Desid. cicchādayiṣati, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 83], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.];
[cf. Goth. scadus.]
mfn. ifc. ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 97]) ‘covering’, see dhāma- and (?) bhūte-cchád, mallikā-
cf. ā-.
or 2. chand 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.]
mfn. ifc. ‘appearing as’, see prathamacchád;
‘pleased with’, see kavi- and (?) bhūte-cchád.
cl. 1. to nourish, [Dhātup. xix, 52].