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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for छन्द

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. छन्दchandaa.Pleasing, fascinating, inviting, alluring.

    [छन्द्-अच्]

    1. Pleasing, fascinating, inviting, alluring.
    2. Private, solitary, secret.
    3. Praising.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -दः

      1. Masculine
      2. 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.
      3. 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.
      4. (Hence) subjection, control.
      5. Meaning, intention, purport.
      6. Poison.
      7. Appearance, look, shape.
      8. Pleasure, delight.

    • -अनुवृत्तम्, -त्तिः indulgence of whims, humouring, compliance.

    • -पातनः A religious hypocrite. Latin D. B.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. छन्दchandamfn. pleasing, alluring, inviting RV. i, 92, 6; viii, 7, 36
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective pleasing, alluring, inviting fg-veda i, 92, 6; viii, 7, 36
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective praising (छ्/अन्द Naigh. iii, 16) fg-veda vi, 11, 3
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective confer, compare मधु-च्छ्that the rest of a word is to be supplied
    4. masculine gender appearance, look, shape Hariv. 8359 ff.
    5. masculine gender confer, compare प्रति and वि-च्छ्that the rest of a word is to be supplied
    6. masculine gender pleasure, delight, appetite, liking, predilection, desire, will Ya1jn5. ii, 195 MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender according to the wish of (genitive case) MBh. iii, 7096 Hariv. 7097
    8. masculine gender (अ-च्छ्that the rest of a word is to be supplied negative "against the wish of") 7098 and 8557
    9. masculine gender (अ-च्छ्that the rest of a word is to be supplied negative "involuntarily" R. iii, 5, 2)
    10. masculine gender poison Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Name of S3a1kya-muni शाक्य-मुनि 's charioteer (छन्दक) Lalit. xv DivyA7v. xxvii, 159
    12. masculine gender of a prince W.
    13. masculine gender confer, compare स्व-
    14. masculine gender इन्द्र-, कला*प-, देव and विजय-, various kinds of pearl-ornaments.
    15. in compound for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedदस्
    16. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्न Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator
    17. and 2 see √1. and √3. छद् .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. छन्दchanda[khánd-a or khand-á] a. pleasing, alluring; m. appearance, form; pleasure, will: in. or -tas, independently…

    [khánd-a or khand-á] adjective pleasing, alluring; masculine appearance, form; pleasure, will: instrumental or -tas, independently, according to one's own pleasure, at one's will; instrumental, ablative, or -tas, according to the will of (--˚, genitive).

    Source: Macdonell

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