छन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছন্দ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ছন্দ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဆန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
• છન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਛਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಛನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
• ឆន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຉນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
• ഛന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଛନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඡන්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• ச²ந்த்³ (Tamil script)
• ఛన్ద్ (Telugu script)
• ฉนฺทฺ (Thai script)
• ཚ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sḱend-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐnd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐn̪d̪/

Root

छन्द् • (chand)

1. to seem, appear, be considered as
2. to seem good, please
3. 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, 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