chandas छन्दस् – metre; metrical verse; sacred text
substantive neuter
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
metre; metrical verse; sacred text
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter
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chándas ·n. delight, pleasure, wish, desire; fancy, ideal; incantation, holy song, sacred text or Veda; metre, also = prec.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter
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Chandas, as, n. desire, longing for, delight, pleasure, wish, will; free will; meaning, intention, purport, object; a sacred hymn or verse as distin- guished from the verses of the four Vedas, a verse which is neither Ṛc, nor Sāman, nor Yajus, nor Ātharvaṇa, originally perhaps a hymn or verse used in incantations; the sacred text of the Vedic hymns; metre in general, supposed to consist of three or seven typical forms; metrical science, prosody.
Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter
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chándas (von 2. chad, chand) n. Uṇ. 4,218. 1〉 Lust, Verlangen, Wille, = abhilāṣa AK. 3,4,30,234. MED. s. 21. = icchā TRIK. 3,3,444. H. an. 2,579. P. 4,4,93, Sch. = svairācāra MED. kāmātmakāśchandasi karmayogāḥ MBH. 12,7376. (gṛhṇīyāt) mūrkhaṃ chando'nuvṛttena durch das Befolgen seines Willens CĀṆ. 33. Vgl. chandasvant, chanda 2,b. und 1. aticchandas. — 2〉 heiliges Lied und zwar nach den drei ersten anzuführenden Stellen besonders dasjenige, welches nicht Ṛc, Sāman oder Yajus ist; daher wohl ursprüngl. das Zauberlied (eigentl. Wunsch oder Lockung): ṛca̱ḥ sāmā̀ni̱ cchandā̀ṃsi purā̱ṇaṃ yajùṣā sa̱ha AV. 11,7,24. ṚV. 10,90,9 (wo purāṇa nicht genannt wird). ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni chandāṃsyātharvaṇāni ca HARIV. 9491. stomā̀ āsanprati̱dhayàḥ ku̱rīra̱ṃ chandà opa̱śaḥ ṚV. 10,85,8. chandā̀ṃsi ca̱ dadhàto adhva̱reṣu̱ grahā̱nsomàsya mimate̱ dvādàśa ṚV. 10,114,5. AV. 4,34,1. AV. 5,26,5. AV. 6,124,1. AV. 11,7,8. yadasmā acchadayaṃstasmācchandāṃsi ŚAT. BR. 8,5,1,1. te (devāḥ) chandobhiracchādayanyadebhiracchādayaṃstacchandaṣāṃ chandastvam CHĀND. UP. 1,4,2. nainaṃ chandāṃsi vṛjināttārayanti MBH. 5,1224. praṇavaśchandasāmiva (ādyaḥ) RAGH. 1,11. — 3〉 heiliger Liedertext, Vedatext TRIK. 1,1,116. TRIK. 3,3,444. H. 249. H. an. MED. svarasaṃskārayośchandasi niyamaḥ VS. PRĀT. 1,1. VS. PRĀT. 1,4. GOBH. 3,3,4. GOBH. 3,3,15. chandasaḥ svādhyāyamadhīte ŚAT. BR. 11,5,7,3. KAUŚ. 141. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,5. yuktaśchandāṃsyadhīyīta M. 4,95. fgg. M. 3,188. YĀJÑ. 1,143. śāstre setihāse ca cchandasi MBH. 13,5440. hiraṇyagarbho bhagavāneṣa cchandasi suṣṭutaḥ MBH. 12,12933. hiraṇyagarbho bhagavānya eṣa cchandasā stutaḥ HARIV. 12429. chandasi im Gegens. zu bhāṣāyām oder loke P. 1,2,36. P. 3,1,42. P. 4,1,29 u. s. w. śaunakena u. s. w. proktaṃ chandaḥ P. 4,3,106. — 4〉 Metrum (von welchem bald drei, bald sieben Grundformen angenommen werden); die Lehre vom Metrum, Metrik AK. 2,7,22. AK. 3,4,14,74. AK. 2,30,234. TRIK. 3,3,444. H. 250. H. an. MED. trīṇi̱ cchandā̀ṃsi̱ kavàyo̱ vi yètire AV. 18,1,17. gāyatra, traiṣṭubha, jāgata VS. 1,27. VS. 11,9. VS. 14,9. VS. 15,5. VS. 19,20. AV. 12,3,10. sa̱pta cchandā̱ṃsyanù sa̱pta dī̱kṣāḥ AV. 8,9,17. AV. 8,9,19. ṚV. PRĀT. 16,1. fgg. ŚAT. BR. 9,5,2,8. ŚAT. BR. 1,8,2,10. ŚAT. BR. 3,9,3,18. virāḍaṣṭamāni cchandāṃsi ŚAT. BR. 8,3,3,6. ŚAT. BR. 1,3,4,6. sapta cchandāṃsi kratumekaṃ vahanti MBH. 3,10664. BHĀG. P. 2,6,1. na vā ekākṣareṇa cchandāṃsi viyanti na dvābhyām AIT. BR. 1,6. AIT. BR. 6,12. TS. 5,6,6,1. gāyatrī chandasāmaham BHAG. 10,35. BHAG. 13,4. MBH. 2,1395. ṛkchandasāśāste ŚĀK. 51,19. śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ niruktaṃ chando jyotiṣam MUṆḌ. UP. 1,1,5. śabdacchandoniruktajña MBH. 1,2887. PAÑCAT. II, 34. VP. 284. ŚRUT. 17.
Original text · German · substantive neuter
chandas 1〉 chando'nuvṛtta n. das Willfahren Spr. 2676. — 3〉 SŪRYAS. 12,15. kiṃchandas ŚĀṄKH. BR. 6,12. — 4〉 kiṃchandas PAÑCAV. BR. 14,5,7. PAÑCAV. BR. 14,5,26. PAÑCAV. BR. 14,11,5. Auch vier und fünf Grundformen Ind. St. 8,14. fg. sieben SŪRYAS. 12,19. chandobaddha metrisch abgefasst SARVADARŚANAS. 169,19.
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chandas (von 1. chad) n. 1〉 = chadis in bṛhacchandas. — 2〉 Betrug (vgl. chadman) UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 4,218.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter
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1. chandas n. — 1〉 Dach in bṛhacchandas. — 2〉 *Betrug.
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2. chándas n. — 1〉 Lust, Verlangen, Wille. — 2〉 Zauberlied, heiliges Lied; insbes. ein Lied, welches nicht Ṛc, Sāman oder Yajus ist. — 3〉 heiliger Liedertext, Veda-Text. Pl. GAUT. — 4〉 = chandograntha Comm. zu NYĀYAM. 9,2,6. — 5〉 Metrum, die Lehre vom Metrum, Metrik.
Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter
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chándas n. Lust, Verlangen, Ideal; Lied, heiliger Text, Veda (g.); Strophe, Metrum, Metrik.
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
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chandas chandas n. intention, tendance naturelle, désir; indépendance de caractère. — (chand) rhythme, mètre poétique; les chants du Veda; les chants du Sāmaveda. Ouvrage védique sur la métrique compris dans les Vedāṅgas. chandasya a. conforme au désir de qqn. chandoga m. (gai) chantre du Sāma-veda; théologien ou commentateur du Sāmaveda.
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