छन्द्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬙᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ছন্দ্ (Assamese script)
- ছন্দ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰔𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀙𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- છન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਛਨੑਦੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦖꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ឆន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಛನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
- ຉນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
- ഛന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘔𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠼᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
- ᡮᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
- ဆန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦴𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐕𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଛନ୍ଦ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢘꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆗𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖔𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඡන්ද් (Sinhalese script)
- ఛన్ద్ (Telugu script)
- ฉนฺทฺ (Thai script)
- ཚ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒕𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sḱend-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɐnd/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɐn̪d̪/
Root
छन्द् • (chand)
- to seem, appear, be considered as
- to seem good, please
- to gratify
Derived terms
- छन्दस् (chándas, “desire, longing; a metre”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “छन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0404.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “छन्द्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 050
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “छन्द्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016