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Chando

neuter metre, metrics, prosody, esp. applied to the Vedas Vin.ii.139 (chandaso buddhavacanaṃ āropeti to recite in metrical form, or acc. to Bdhgh. in the dialect of the Vedas cp. Vin. Texts iii.150) SN.i.38 ; Snp.568 (Sāvittī chandaso mukhaṃ: the best of Vedic metres). -viciti prosody Vv-a.265 (enum

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Distribution

Sutta Nipata 3 · 1.49/10k
Digha Nikaya 8 · 0.56/10k

Senses

neuter metre, metrics, prosody, esp. applied to the Vedas Vin.ii.139 (chandaso buddhavacanaṃ āropeti to recite in metrical form, or acc. to Bdhgh. in the dialect of the Vedas cp. Vin. Texts iii.150) SN.i.38; Snp.568 (Sāvittī chandaso mukhaṃ: the best of Vedic metres).

-viciti prosody Vv-a.265 (enumerated as one of the 6 disciplines dealing with the Vedas: see chaḷanga).

Vedic chandas, from skandh, cp. in meaning Sk. pada; Gr. ιἄμβος

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