छन्दस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছন্দস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬦ᭄ᬤᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ছন্দস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဆန္ဒသ် (Burmese script)
• છન્દસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਛਨ੍ਦਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦤ꧀ꦢꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಛನ್ದಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឆន្ទស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຉນ຺ທສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഛന്ദസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᠨᡩᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᠨᢑᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଛନ୍ଦସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢥ꣄ꢣꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඡන්‍දස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ச²ந்த³ஸ் (Tamil script)
• ఛన్దస్ (Telugu script)
• ฉนฺทสฺ (Thai script)
• ཚ་ནྡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root छन्द् (chand). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śćándas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćándas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱend-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐ́n.dɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐn̪.d̪ɐs̪/

Noun

छन्दस् • (chándas) stem, n

1. desire, longing for, yearning, will
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12.73.76
2. intention, purport
3. (Hinduism) a sacred hymn (of the Atharvaveda, as distinguished from those of Rigveda and Samaveda), incantation-hymn
   1. (by extension) the sacred text of the Vedic hymns
4. (prosody) metre
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.8:

     स्तोमा॑ आसन्प्रति॒धय॑: कु॒रीरं॒ छन्द॑ ओप॒शः।
     सू॒र्याया॑ अ॒श्विना॑ व॒राग्निरा॑सीत्पुरोग॒वः॥

     stómā āsanpratidháya: kurī́raṃ chánda opaśáḥ.
     sūryā́yā aśvínā varā́gnírāsītpurogaváḥ.

     Hymns were the cross-bars of the pole, Kurira-metre decked the car: the bridesmen were the Asvin Pair, Agni was leader of the train.

5. metrical science

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of छन्दस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	छन्दः (chándaḥ)	छन्दसी (chándasī)	छन्दांसि (chándāṃsi)
vocative	छन्दः (chándaḥ)	छन्दसी (chándasī)	छन्दांसि (chándāṃsi)
accusative	छन्दः (chándaḥ)	छन्दसी (chándasī)	छन्दांसि (chándāṃsi)
instrumental	छन्दसा (chándasā)	छन्दोभ्याम् (chándobhyām)	छन्दोभिः (chándobhiḥ)
dative	छन्दसे (chándase)	छन्दोभ्याम् (chándobhyām)	छन्दोभ्यः (chándobhyaḥ)
ablative	छन्दसः (chándasaḥ)	छन्दोभ्याम् (chándobhyām)	छन्दोभ्यः (chándobhyaḥ)
genitive	छन्दसः (chándasaḥ)	छन्दसोः (chándasoḥ)	छन्दसाम् (chándasām)
locative	छन्दसि (chándasi)	छन्दसोः (chándasoḥ)	छन्दःसु (chándaḥsu)