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chandas

n. ‘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.]