chanda: intention, desire, will.
(1). As an ethically neutral psychological term, in the sense of 'intention', it is one of those general mental factors (cetasika, q.v. Tab. II) taught in the Abhidhamma, the moral quality of which is determined by the character of the volition (cetanā, q.v.) associated therewith. The Com. explains it as 'a wish to do' (kattu-kamyatā-chanda). If intensified, it acts also as a 'predominance condition' (s. paccaya 3).
(2). As an evil quality it has the meaning of 'desire', and is frequently coupled with terms for 'sensuality', 'greed', etc., for instance: kāma-cchanda, 'sensuous desire', one of the 5 hindrances (s. nīvaraṇa); chanda-rāga, 'lustful desire' (s. kāma). It is one of the 4 wrong paths (s. agati).
(3). As a good quality it is a righteous will or zeal (dhamma-chanda) and occurs, e.g. in the formula of the 4 right efforts (s. padhāna): "The monk rouses his will (chandaṃ janeti)...." If intensified, it is one of the 4 roads to power (s. Iddhipāda ).
chanda
(Sanskrit; Pāli; desire, intention, motivation). A psychological faculty that motivates action. Depending on its object, chanda can be good, bad, or neutral (Pāli, dhamma-chanda, kāmacchanda, kattu-kamyatā), unlike craving (tṛṣṇā), which is invariably bad.
chanda : [m.; nt.] (mano-group), metrics; prosody. (m.), impulse; will; wish.
Chanda [cp. Vedic and Sk. chanda, and skandh to jump]. 1. impulse, excitement; intention, resolution, will; desire for, wish for, delight in (c. loc.). Expld at Vism 466 as "kattu -- kāmatāy" adhivacanaŋ; by Dhtp 587 & Dhtm 821 as chand=icchāyaŋ. -- A. As virtue: dhammapadesu ch. striving after righteousness S i.202; tibba˚ ardent desire, zeal A i.229; iv.15; kusaladhamma˚ A iii.441. Often combd with other good qualities, e. g. ch. vāyāma ussāha ussoḷhi A iv.320; ch. viriya citta vīmaŋsā in set of samādhis (cp. iddhipāda) D iii.77 (see below), & in cpd. ˚âdhipateyya. -- kusalānaŋ dhammānaŋ uppādāya chandaŋ janeti vāyamati viriyaŋ ārabhati, etc., see citta v. 1 db. <-> M ii.174; A i.174 (ch. vā vāyāmo vā); iii.50 (chandasā instr.); Sn 1026 (+viriya); Vv 2412 (=kusala˚ VvA 116); J vi.72; DhA i.14. -- B. As vice: (a) kinds & character of ch. -- With similar expressions: (kāya -- ) ch. sneha anvayatā M i.500. -- ch. dosa moha bhaya D iii.182; Nd2 3372 (See also below chandâgati). Its nearest analogue in this sense is rāga (lust), e. g. ch. rāga dosa paṭigha D i.25 (cp. DA i.116); rūpesu uppajjati ch. vā rāgo S iv.195. See below ˚rāga. In this bad sense it is nearly the same as kāma (see kāma & kāmachanda: sensual desire, cp. DhsA 370, Vism 466 & Mrs. Rh. D. in Dhs trsl. 292) & the combn kāmachanda is only an enlarged term of kāma. Kāye chanda "delight in the body" M i.500; Sn 203. bhave ch. (pleasure in existence) Th 2, 14 (cp. bhavachanda); lokasmiŋ ch. (hankering after the world) Sn 866; methunasmiŋ (sexual desire) Sn 835 (expl. by ch. vā rāgo vā peman Nd1 181). -- Ch. in this quality is one of the roots of misery: cittass' upakkileso S iii.232 sq.; v.92; mūlaŋ dukkhassa J iv.328 sq. -- Other passages illustrating ch. are e. g. vyāpāda˚ & vihiŋsā˚ S ii.151; rūpa -- dhātuyā˚ S iii.10; iv.72; yaŋ aniccaŋ, etc. . . . tattha˚ S iii.122, 177; iv.145 sq.; asmī ti ch. S iii.130; atilīno ch. S v.277 sq., cp. also D ii.277. -- (b) the emancipation from ch. as necessary for the attainment of Arahantship. -- vigata˚ (free from excitement) and a˚ S i.111; iii.7, 107, 190; iv.387; A ii.173 sq.; D iii.238; ettha chandaŋ virājetvā Sn 171=S i.16. Kāye chandaŋ virājaye Sn 203. (a)vīta˚ A iv.461 sq. ˚ŋ vineti S i.22, 197; ˚ŋ vinodeti S i.186; ch. suppaṭivinīta S ii.283. na tamhi ˚ŋ kayirātha Dh 117. <-> 2. (in the monastic law) consent, declaration of consent (to an official act: kamma) by an absentee Vin i.121, 122. dhammikānaŋ kammānaŋ chandaŋ datvā having given (his) consent to valid proceedings Vin iv.151, 152; cp. ˚dāyaka ii.94. -- Note. The commentaries follow the canonical usage of the word without adding any precision to its connotation. See Nd2 s. v.; DhsA 370; DhA i.14, J vi.72, VvA 77.
-- âgati in ˚gamana the wrong way (of behaviour, consisting) in excitement, one of the four agatigamanāni, viz. ch˚, dosa˚, moha˚, bhaya˚ D iii.133, 228; Vbh 376 (see above); -- âdhipateyya (adj.) standing under the dominant influence of impulse Dhs 269, 359, 529; Vbh 288 (+viriya˚, citta˚, vīmaŋsā˚); -- ânunīta led according to one's own desire S iv.71; Sn 781; -- âraha (adj.) fit to give one's consent Vin ii.93; v.221; -- ja sprung from desire (dukkha) S i.22; -- nānatta the diversity or various ways of impulse or desire S ii.143 sq.; D iii.289; Vbh 425; -- pahāna the giving up of wrong desire S v.273; -- mūlaka (adj.) having its root in excitement A iv.339; v.107; -- rāga exciting desire (cp. kāmachanda) D ii.58, 60; iii.289; S i.198; ii.283; iii. 232 sq. (cakkhusmiŋ, etc.); iv.7 sq. 164 (Bhagavato ch -- r. n' atthi), 233; A i.264 (atīte ch -- r -- ṭṭhānīyā dhammā); ii.71; iii.73; Nd2 413; DhA i.334; -- samādhi the (right) concentration of good effort, classed under the 4 iddhipādā with viriya˚; citta˚ vīmaŋsā˚ D iii.77; S v.268; A i.39; Vbh 216 sq.; Nett 15; -- sampadā the blessing of zeal S v.30.
chanda: m. 意欲
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
chanda: Predilection, desire.
'dun
[tenses]
- 'dun/
- 'dun/
- 'dund/
- 'dund/
[translation-san] {C} chanda
[translation-san] chandika (=abhilāṣa-sampannaḥ)
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} aspiration; aspire
[translation-eng] {C} zealous; keen
[comments] see: 'dun pa
'dun pa
[translation-san] {LCh,MSA,MV,C} chanda
[translation-san] {C} chandas (=kartu-kāmatā)
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} aspiration
[translation-eng] {C} desire-to-do; will-power; impetus; zeal; zest
[comments] one of the five determining factors (yul nges lnga, pañca-viṣaya-pratiniyama); for others see: yul nges
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