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-Aryan *śćand-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćand-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱend-.

Pronunciation

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

Root

छन्द् • (chand)

to seem, appear, be considered as
to seem good, please
to gratify

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

छन्द॑ति (chándati, present)
छ॒दय॑ति (chadáyati, present)
अच्छा॑न् (ácchān, aorist)
च॒च्छन्द॑ (cacchánda, perfect)

Secondary forms

छ॒न्दय॑ति (chandáyati, causative)
अच॑च्छदत् (ácacchadat, causative aorist)

Derived nominal forms

छन्द॑ (chánda)
छन्द॑स् (chándas)
छन्दु॑ (chándu)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root छन्द् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root छन्द् (1 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “छद् 3.chad or 2.chand”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 3.
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 50

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
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 555-6
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 121