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chanda

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chánda mfn. pleasing, alluring, inviting RV. i, 92, 6 ; viii, 7, 36
• ○ndá, praising (chánda Naigh. iii, 16) RV. vi, 11, 3
• cf. madhu-cch○
• m. appearance, look, shape Hariv. 8359 ff
• cf. prati and vi-cch○
• pleasure, delight, appetite, liking, predilection, desire, will Yājñ. ii, 195 MBh. &c
• (ena), instr. ind. [also with svena, viii, 1249 R. ii, 83, 25
• or ifc. with sva- (Hariv. 7017) or ātma- MBh. v, xiii R. v, 26, 18] according to one's own wish Mn. viii, 176 Nal. xxiii, 15 R. v
• according to the wish of (gen.) MBh. iii, 7096 Hariv. 7097
• (a-cch○ neg. 'against the wish of') 7098 and 8557
• (āt), abl. ind. according to the wish of (in comp.) MBh. viii, 3542
• (a-cch○ neg. 'involuntarily' R. iii, 5, 2)
• poison L.
• N. of Śākya-muni's charioteer (chandaka) Lalit. xv Divyâv. xxvii, 159
• of a prince W.
• cf. sva-
• indra-, kalâpa-, deva and vijaya-, various kinds of pearl-ornamentschanda 1
chanda mfn. = ○nna L. Sch.

chanda 1
chanda and 2 See √1. and √3. chad