chandas
छन्दस् chandasMetre; the metrical form of a Vedic verse, and by extension a name for the metrical Veda itself.
Where this term appears
- The Gayatri Mantra Worship
Devata , Savitr. Chandas , gayatri.
- How the Vedas Were Preserved History
Vedic verses are composed in strict metrical forms with fixed syllable counts, the disciplines of Chandas .
- Keeping the Sound Treatise
Shiksha , the science of pronunciation, and chandas , the science of metre.
- The Limbs Treatise
Chandas , the science of metre, of how the syllables are counted and arranged into verse.
- The Seers Who Heard Treatise
… for each hymn: its rishi , its devata (the deity addressed), and its chandas (the metre).
- Who was allowed to learn Sanskrit? Journal
Put the Buddha's word into chandas , the elevated brahminical register of the Veda.
- The mantra withheld Treatise
Each has a chandas , a metre, the rhythmic shape in which it is held.
- The power in the phoneme Treatise
There is a ṛṣi , the seer to whom it was first disclosed. There is a chandas , the metre it belongs to.