छन्दस्

Sanskrit

छन्दस् • (chándas) stem, n

desire, longing for, yearning, will
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12.73.76
intention, purport
(Hinduism) a sacred hymn (of the Atharvaveda, as distinguished from those of Rigveda and Samaveda), incantation-hymn
1. (by extension) the sacred text of the Vedic hymns
(prosody) metre
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.8:
  स्तोमा॑ आसन्प्रति॒धय॑: कु॒रीरं॒ छन्द॑ ओप॒शः।
  सू॒र्याया॑ अ॒श्विना॑ व॒राग्निरा॑सीत्पुरोग॒वः॥
  stómā āsanpratidháya: kurī́raṃ chánda opaśáḥ.
  sūryā́yā aśvínā varā́gnírāsītpurogaváḥ.
  Hymns were the cross-bars of the pole, Kurira-metre decked the car: the bridesmen were the Asvin Pair, Agni was leader of the train.
metrical science

Neuter as-stem declension of छन्दस् (chándas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छन्दः chándaḥ	छन्दसी chándasī	छन्दांसि chándāṃsi
Vocative	छन्दः chándaḥ	छन्दसी chándasī	छन्दांसि chándāṃsi
Accusative	छन्दः chándaḥ	छन्दसी chándasī	छन्दांसि chándāṃsi
Instrumental	छन्दसा chándasā	छन्दोभ्याम् chándobhyām	छन्दोभिः chándobhiḥ
Dative	छन्दसे chándase	छन्दोभ्याम् chándobhyām	छन्दोभ्यः chándobhyaḥ
Ablative	छन्दसः chándasaḥ	छन्दोभ्याम् chándobhyām	छन्दोभ्यः chándobhyaḥ
Genitive	छन्दसः chándasaḥ	छन्दसोः chándasoḥ	छन्दसाम् chándasām
Locative	छन्दसि chándasi	छन्दसोः chándasoḥ	छन्दःसु chándaḥsu