छन्दस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root छन्द् (chand), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱend-.

Pronunciation

Noun

छन्दस् • (chándas) stem, n

  1. desire, longing for, yearning, will
  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
  5. metrical science

Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of छन्दस् (chándas)
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
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