मधुच्छन्दस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মধুচ্ছন্দস্ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬥᬸᬘ᭄ᬙᬦ᭄ᬤᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
মধুচ্ছন্দস্ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰠𑰲𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀥𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
မဓုစ္ဆန္ဒသ် (Burmese script)
મધુચ્છન્દસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਮਧੁਚ੍ਛਨ੍ਦਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦣꦸꦕ꧀ꦖꦤ꧀ꦢꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂡𑂳𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಮಧುಚ್ಛನ್ದಸ್ (Kannada script)
មធុច្ឆន្ទស៑ (Khmer script)
ມຘຸຈ຺ຉນ຺ທສ຺ (Lao script)
മധുച്ഛന്ദസ് (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᢡᡠᢜᡮᠠᠨᡩᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘠𑘳𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢑᠾᠤᢋᠼᠠᠨᢑᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧀𑧔𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐢𑐸𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ମଧୁଚ୍ଛନ୍ଦସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢪꢤꢸꢗ꣄ꢘꢥ꣄ꢣꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆣𑆶𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖠𑖲𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
මධුච‍්ඡන්‍දස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩮𑩒𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚜𑚰𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
மது⁴ச்ச²ந்த³ஸ் (Tamil script)
మధుచ్ఛన్దస్ (Telugu script)
มธุจฺฉนฺทสฺ (Thai script)
མ་དྷུ་ཙྪ་ནྡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒡𑒳𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨜𑨃𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मधु (mádhu, “sweet”) +‎ छन्दस् (chándas, “hymn”), literally “whose hymns are sweet”.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.dʱut.t͡ɕʰɐ́n.dɐs/, [mɐ.dʱut̚.t͡ɕʰɐ́n.dɐs]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.d̪ʱut̪.t͡ɕʰɐn̪.d̪ɐs̪/, [mɐ.d̪ʱut̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐn̪.d̪ɐs̪]

Proper noun

मधुच्छन्दस् • (madhucchándas) stem, m

Madhuchhanda, son of Vishwamitra, and the composer of the 1st sukta of the first mandala of the Rigveda.
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.13:
  मुनेस्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा मधुच्छन्दादयः सुताः।
  साभिमानं नरश्रेष्ठ सलीलमिदमब्रुवन्॥
  munestad vacanaṃ śrutvā madhucchandādayaḥ sutāḥ.
  sābhimānaṃ naraśreṣṭha salīlamidamabruvan.
  Hearing the aforesaid exhortation of Viśvāmitra, O jewel among men, his sons, of whom Madhucchandā was the eldest, proudly and lightly replied as follows

Declension

Masculine as-stem declension of मधुच्छन्दस्
	singular
nominative	मधुच्छन्दाः (madhucchándāḥ)
accusative	मधुच्छन्दसम् (madhucchándasam) मधुच्छन्दाम्¹ (madhucchándām¹)
instrumental	मधुच्छन्दसा (madhucchándasā)
dative	मधुच्छन्दसे (madhucchándase)
ablative	मधुच्छन्दसः (madhucchándasaḥ)
genitive	मधुच्छन्दसः (madhucchándasaḥ)
locative	मधुच्छन्दसि (madhucchándasi)
vocative	मधुच्छन्दः (mádhucchandaḥ)

¹Vedic