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chandaḥ

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Where it lives

Chandogya Upanisad 2 · 0.43/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. cهَند

3. chad or 2. chand cl. 10. chadayati (also te = √ arc, Naigh. iii, 14 [ v.l. , ti]; Subj. yat, RV. ; 2. pl. yātha, i, 165, 12 ), chandayati (twice cl. 1. chandati [= arcati, Naigh. iii, 14 ] MBh. xii ; Ā. [ Subj. yāte] RV. ; aor. acacchadat, Nir. ix, 8 ; acchān, RV. ; 2. pl. nta, i, 165, 12 ; 3. pl. ntsur, x, 119, 3 ; Subj. chantsat [ Naigh. ii, 6 ] RV. ; 2. sg. tsi, i, 163, 4 ; perf. cacchanda, vii, 73, 3 ; Pot. cacchadyāt, x, 73, 9 ) to seem, appear, be considered as, RV. ; TāṇḍyaBr. xiv, 5 ; to seem good, please (with dat. ), RV. ; ŚBr. viii ; (with acc. ), MBh. xii, 7379 ( cf. 7376 ); Ā. to be pleased with, delight in ( acc. or loc. ), RV. viii, 50, 5 ; x, 27, 8 ; chandayati, to gratify any one ( acc. ; exceptionally gen. MBh. xii, 7275 ; R. iii, 3, 15 ) with anything ( instr. , esp. vareṇa, ‘with a boon’, MBh. ; Hariv. ; R. ; BhP. ); to try to seduce any one ( acc. ), BhP. x, 45, 36.

2. chandaḥ

chandaḥ in comp. for das

3. cهَند

1. & 2. chand. See √ 1. & √ 3. chad.

4. cهَند

3. chand v.l. for √ chṛd, q.v.

In the wild

chandaḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,3.22
chanda Chandogya Upanisad chup_1,3.10
chando Chandogya Upanisad chup_3,16.2

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