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chandas	छन्दस् n. [छन्दयति असुन्] 1 Wish, desire, fancy, will, pleasure; (गृह्णीयात्) मूर्खं छन्दो$नुवृत्तेन याथातथ्येन पण्डितम् Chāṇ.33. -2 Free will, free or wilful conduct. -3 Meaning, intention. -4 Fraud, trick, deceit. -5 The Vedas, the sacred text of the Vedic hymns; स च कुल- पतिराद्यश्छन्दसां यः प्रयोक्ता U.3.48; बहुलं छन्दसि frequently used by Pāṇini; प्रणवश्छन्दसामिव R.1.11; Y.1.143; Ms.4.95. -6 A metre; ऋक्छन्दसा आशास्ते &Sacute.4; गायत्री छन्दसामहम् Bg.1.35;13.4. -7 Metrical science, prosody; (regarded as one of the six Vedāṅgas or auxiliaries to the Vedas, the other five being शिक्षा, कल्प, व्याकरण, निरुक्त and ज्योतिष). -8 A metrical composition. ... मया काव्यानि तन्वता छन्दो विनिर्मितं तस्मिन् कृतः सर्वस्य संग्रहः Parṇāl.1.23. -9 A festival; वेदे वाक्ये वृत्तभेदे उत्सवे$पि नपुंसकम् । Nm. -Comp. -कृतम् any metrical part of the Vedas or other sacred compositions; यथो- दितेन विधिना नित्यं छन्दस्कृतं पठेत् Ms.4.1. -गः (-छन्दोगः) 1 a reciter in metre. -2 a student or chanter of the Sāmaveda; Ms.3.145; (छन्दोगः सामवेदाध्यायी) -3 The Sāmaveda; साम्नां जैमिनये प्राह तथा छन्दोगसंहिताम् Bhāg. 12.6.53. -भङ्गः a violation of the laws of metre. -विचितिः f. 'examination of metres', N. of a work on metres, sometimes ascribed to Daṇḍin; छन्दोविचित्यां सकलस्तत्प्रपञ्चो निदर्शितः Kāv.1.12. -वृत्तम् a metre in general. -स्तुभ् m. N. of Aruṇa.

chandasya	छन्दस्य a. Ved. 1 Fit for hymns, metrical. -2 Made at will.

acchandas	अच्छन्दस् a. [न. ब.] 1 Not studying the Vedas (as a boy before the मुञ़्ज ceremony), or not entitled to that study (as a Śūdra). -2 Not metrical, not of the nature of metres, i. e. prose. -3 Without fancy or whim.

aupacchandasikam	औपच्छन्दसिकम् N. of a metre; see App.

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chandas	chánd-as, n. metre, x. 14, 16; 90, 9.

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chandas	n. pleasure, desire, will; magical or sacred hymn; hymn which is not Rik, Sâman, or Yagus; Vedic text, Veda; metre, prosody: (h)-sâstra, n. manual of prosody (esp. Pi&ndot;gala's); (s)-krita, pp. composed in metre; (h)-sûtra, n. (Pi&ndot;gala's) sûtra on prosody.

aticchandas	f. N. of certain (14) metres.

niśchandas	a. not studying the scriptures; -khidra, a. free from holes, cracks; -fractures; -imperfections, -de fects, -weak points; continuous.

yacchandas	a. having which metre; -khîla, a. having which character; -khraddha, a. having which faith.

vicchandas	a. consisting of various metres (verse, rik).

sacchandas	a. consisting of the same metres (Br.); -kkhala, a. fraudulent; -kkhâya, a. shady; glittering (gem); hav ing the same colour as (--°ree;).

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chandas	In the Rigveda usually denotes a song of praise ’ or hymn.’ The original sense of the word, as derived from the verb chand, to please,’ was probably attractive spell,’magic hymn,' which prevailed on the gods. In a very late hymn of the Rigveda, as well as in one of the Atharvaveda, the word is mentioned in the plural (chandāmsi), beside Ec (γcah), Sāman (sāmāni), and Yajus, and seems to retain its original meaning, not improbably with reference to the magical subject-matter of the Atharvaveda. From denoting a (metrical) hymn it comes to mean metre ’ in a very late verse of the Rigveda, in which the Gāyatrī, the Tristubh, and all (sarvā) the metres (chandāmsi) are mentioned. In the later Samhitās three or seven metres are enumerated, and in the śatapatha Brāhmana eight. By the time of the Rigveda Prātiśākhya the metres were subjected to a detailed examination, though much earlier references are found to the number of syllables in the several metres. Later the word definitely denotes a Vedic text generally, as in the śatapatha Brāhmana.

chandas	Occurs in one passage of the Atharvaveda in the adjectival compound brhac-chandas, which is used of a house, and must mean ‘having a large roof.’ Bloomfield accepts the reading as correct, but Whitney considers emendation to Chadis necessary.

bṛhacchandas	Is found in one passage of the Atharvaveda as an epithet of śālā, ‘house.’ It is apparently an error for brhad-chadis, ‘ broad-roofed,’ which in any case is the sense.

madhuchandas	The reputed author of the first ten hymns of the first Maṇdala of the Rigveda, is mentioned as a Rṣi in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa and the Aitareya Aranyaka. In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa he counts as the fifty-first son of Viávā- mitra, and his Praūga (hymn at the morning service) is mentioned in the śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.

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chandasā	haṃsaḥ śuciṣat VS.19.74b; KS.38.1b; TB.2.6.2.1b. See chandobhir haṃsaḥ.

chandasaḥ	svād anuṣṭubhaḥ KS.37.13b.

chandastubhaḥ	kubhanyavaḥ RV.5.52.12a.

chandasvatī	(AVś. chandaḥpakṣe) uṣasā (MS.KS. uṣasau) pepiśāne AVś.8.9.12a; TS.4.3.11.1a; MS.2.13.10a: 160.3; KS.39.10a; ApMB.2.20.31a (ApG.8.22.5).

chandasyāṃ	vācaṃ vadan RV.9.113.6b.

atichandasaṃ	chanda indriyam (TB. comm. notes the variant, ihendriyam) # VS.28.34e; TB.2.6.17.7e.

atichandasaṃ	chandaḥ praviśāmi # KA.1.68; 2.68.

atichandasā	chandasendriyam # VS.28.45d; TB.2.6.20.5d.

anuṣṭupchandaso	'gnihuta indraharivatpītasya # Mś.2.5.3.11. Cf. Apś.14.3.6.

anuṣṭupchandaso	'gnihuta indrābhiśarvarapītasya # Mś.2.5.3.15. Cf. indrāya tvāpiśarvarāya.

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chandas(1)	Vedic Literature in general as found in the rule बहुलं छन्दसि which has occurred several times in the Sutras of Panini, confer, compare छन्दोवत्सूत्राणि भवन्ति Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali on the Sūtras of Pāṇini (Dr. Kielhorn's edition ). on I.1.1, and I.4.3; confer, compare also Vājasaneyi Prātiśākhya.I. 1, 4; (2) Vedic Samhita texts as contrasted with the Brahmana texts; confer, compareछन्दोब्राह्मणानि च तद्विषयाणि P, IV.2.66; () metre, metrical portion of the Veda.

atijagatī	one of the varieties of-in fact, the first variety of-the Aticchandas metre, which see a reference to some preceding word, not necessarily on the same page.: this Atijagatī consists of 52 syllables.e. g. तमिन्द्रे जोहवीमि मघवानमुग्रम् Ṛk. Saṁh.8.97.13 cf, प्रथमातिजगत्यासां सा द्विपञ्चाशदक्षरा Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya by Śaunaka ( Sanskrit Sāhityapariṣad Edition, Calcutta.) XVI.80.

aātidhṛti	one of the varieties of Aticchandas consisting of 76 syllables. e. g. स हि शर्धो न मारुते तुविष्वाणिः Ṛk. Saṁh. I.127.6.

atiśakvarī	a variety of Aticchandas metre consisting of 60 syllables. e. g. सुषुमा यातमद्रिभिः Ṛk. Saṁh. I. 137.1. cf, Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya by Śaunaka ( Sanskrit Sāhityapariṣad Edition, Calcutta.) KVI.82.

atyaṣṭi	a variety of Aticchandas metre consisting of 68 syllables. e. g. अथा रुचा हरिण्या पुनानः Ṛk. Sam. 8.111.1.

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chandasā	by observing celibacy or studying Vedic literature	SB 5.12.12

chandasām	among sacred meters	SB 11.16.12

chandasām	of all poetry	BG 10.35

chandasām	of the sacred verses	SB 12.6.60

chandasām	of the Vedic hymns, such as Gāyatrī	SB 2.6.1

chandasām api	even of the Vedic literature	SB 8.24.5

chandasām api	even of the Vedic literature	SB 8.24.5

chandasām lokam	the Maharloka planet	SB 11.17.31

chandasām lokam	the Maharloka planet	SB 11.17.31

na chandasā	nor by scholarly study of the Vedas	CC Madhya 22.52

madhucchandasaḥ	named the Madhucchandās	SB 9.16.29

madhucchandasaḥ	sons of Viśvāmitra, celebrated as the Madhucchandās	SB 9.16.33

na chandasā	nor by scholarly study of the Vedas	CC Madhya 22.52

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chandas	noun (neuter) a sacred hymn (of AV) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) desire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) incantation-hymn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) intention (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) longing for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) metre (in general) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) metrical science (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) purport (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the sacred text of the Vedic hymns (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) will (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 2145/72933

chandaskṛta	adjective composed in metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 35049/72933

aticchandas	noun (neuter) name of a particular brick in the sacrificial fire-place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 42044/72933

aticchandas	noun (feminine neuter) name of a particular brick in the sacrificial fire-place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 42045/72933

ṛṣicchandas	noun (neuter) name of particular metres (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 47930/72933

aupacchandasika	noun (neuter) name of a metre (consisting of four lines of alternately eleven and twelve syllabic instants) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 48190/72933

niśchandas	adjective not studying Vedic texts (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 56417/72933

madhucchandas	noun (masculine) name of all the sons of Viśvā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of the 51st of Viśvāmitra's 101 sons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 38000/72933

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chandas	meter (one of the vedāngas) in language.
vedāṅga	vedic auxiliary disciplines; phonetics (śikṣa), ritual (kalpa), grammar (vyākaraṇa), etymology (nirukti), meter (chandas) and astrology (jyotiṣa).

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chandas

vṛttam, chandas

akṣaragaṇanayā nirdhāritaḥ padyasya guṇaviśeṣaḥ;

kālidāsena meghadūtam iti kāvyam mandākrāntā iti ekenaiva vṛttena viracitam

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