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
- desire, longing for, yearning, will
- intention, purport
- (Hinduism) a sacred hymn (of the Atharvaveda, as distinguished from those of Rigveda and Samaveda), incantation-hymn
- (by extension) the sacred text of the Vedic hymns
- (prosody) metre
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.8:
- स्तोमा॑ आसन्प्रति॒धयः॑ कु॒रीरं॒ छन्द॑ ओप॒शः।
सू॒र्याया॑ अ॒श्विना॑ व॒राग्निरा॑सीत्पुरोग॒वः॥- stómā āsanpratidháyaḥ 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.
- stómā āsanpratidháyaḥ kurī́raṃ chánda opaśáḥ.
- स्तोमा॑ आसन्प्रति॒धयः॑ कु॒रीरं॒ छन्द॑ ओप॒शः।
- metrical science
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | 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) |
| vocative | छन्दः (chándaḥ) | छन्दसी (chándasī) | छन्दांसि (chándāṃsi) |