छन्दchandaa.Pleasing, fascinating, inviting, alluring.
[छन्द्-अच्]
- Pleasing, fascinating, inviting, alluring.
- Private, solitary, secret.
- Praising.
Derived forms and compounds
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-दः
- Masculine
- Wish, desire, fancy, liking, will; विज्ञाप्यतां देवी यस्ते छन्द इति V.3 just as you like; Pt.1.69. एते ते मृत्युना ये चिरमनवसिता ... श्छन्दं मृगयता Pratimā.3.7.
- Free will, one's own choice, whim, free or wilful conduct; षष्ठे काले त्वमपि दिवसस्यात्मनश्छन्दवर्ती V.2.1; Gīt.1; Y.2.195; स्वच्छन्दम् according to one's free will, independently.
- (Hence) subjection, control.
- Meaning, intention, purport.
- Poison.
- Appearance, look, shape.
- Pleasure, delight.
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-अनुवृत्तम्, -त्तिः indulgence of whims, humouring, compliance.
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-पातनः A religious hypocrite. Latin D. B.