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Chandasa, Chandasā, Chamdasa, Chanda-sa: 15 definitions

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Chandasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chhandasa.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Ի岹 (छान्दस).—Found in the Vedic Literature; Vedic; cf छान्दस� अप� क्वचिद� भाषाया� प्रयुज्यन्ते (chāndasā api kvacid bhāṣāyā� prayujyante) Bhasavrtti on P. IV.4.143; cf. also छान्दसमेतत� � दृष्टानुविधिश्� च्छन्दसि भवति (chāndasametat | dṛṣṭānuvidhiśca cchandasi bhavati); M. Bh. on I.1.5.

Vyakarana book cover
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Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākarṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Chandasa in Pali glossary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Chandasā, (f.) (see chando) metrics, prosody Miln.3. (Page 275)

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

1) chandasa�

(Burmese text): ဗေဒင်ကိ�-သင်သ�-သရဇ္ဈာယ�-သော၊ သ� (ပုဏ္ဏာ�)�

(Auto-Translation): A fortune teller is someone who predicts the future.

2) chandasā�

(Burmese text): ဆန်းကျမ်း၊ ဆန်းကျမ်းအတတ်။

(Auto-Translation): Strange and peculiar skills.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Chandasa in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

chāndasa (छांद�).—a (S) Ի岹ṛtپ a (S) pop. Ի徱� a Իī a Wilful, humorsome, mischievous, full of pranks, tricks, and devious practices, or of freaks, frolics, and fancies.

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chāndasa (छांद�).—m (S) A priest conversant with the Vedas.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

chāndasa (छांद�).�a Wilful humoursome.

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chāndasa (छांद�).�m A priest conversant with the Vedas.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Chandasa in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ի岹 (छान्दस).�a. (-ī f.) [छन्द� अधीते वेत्ति वा पक्ष� अण� (chanda� adhīte vetti vā pakṣe �)]

1) Vedic, peculiar to the Vedas; as छान्दस� प्रयोग� (chāndasa� prayoga�).

2) Studying or familiar with the Vedas.

3) Metrical.

-� 1 A Brāhmṇa versed in the Vedas.

2) The Vedas; मन्य� त्वा� विषय� वाचा� स्नातमन्यत्र छान्दसात� (manye tvā� viṣaye vācā� snātamanyatra chāndasāt) 岵.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ի岹 (छान्दस).—mfn.

(-�-ī-sa�) Relating to poetical metre, to the Vedas, &c. m.

(-�) A priest conversant with scripture. E. chandas, and aff. chanda� adhīte vetti vā pakṣe � .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ի岹 (छान्दस).—i. e. chandas + a, adj. 1. Referring, or referable, to the Vedas (vedic), [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 12284. 2. Conversant with the Vedas, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 18, 108.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ի岹 (छान्दस).—[feminine] ī Vedic, archaic; metrical.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ի岹 (छान्दस):—mf(ī)n. having the sacred text of the Veda (chandas) as (its) subject, peculiar or relating or belonging to the Veda, Vedic, [Kauśika-sūtra; Pāṇini 4-3, 71; Patañjali; Harivaṃśa 12284; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) (once nda, [Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa i])

3) archaistic, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha vi, 11]

4) ([gana] Դñ徱, [Pāṇini 5-2, 84; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) studying the holy text of the Vedic hymns, familiar with it, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxii, cxviii]

5) (ifc. [gana] 󲹲ū-徱, [Gṇaratna-mahodadhi 114 [Scholiast or Commentator]])

6) relating to metre, [Ṛgveda-anukramṇikā [Scholiast or Commentator]]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ի岹 (छान्दस):�(�) 1. m. A priest conversant with the vedas. a. Relating to any poetical metre.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Chandasa in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Chāṃdasa (ಛಾಂದ�):�

1) [adjective] relating to Vēdas or Vedic hymns.

2) [adjective] of or according to the principles of, prosody; prosodic.

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Chāṃdasa (ಛಾಂದ�):�

1) [noun] = ಛಾಂದಸಿ� [chamdasiga].

2) [noun] a man versed in the science or study of metrical structure, stanza forms, etc.; a prosodist.

3) [noun] a man tending to preserve established traditions or institutions and to resist or oppose (often unreasonably) any changes in these.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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