छन्दस्

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • desire, longing for, yearning, will
  • intention, purport
  • (Hinduism) a sacred hymn of the Atharvaveda, as distinguished from those of Rigveda and Samaveda, incantation-hymn
  • (prosody) metre
  • metrical science

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sḱend-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sḱend-

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