chandas 1
chandas n. 'roof', See bṛhác-
• deceit Uṇ. [Page 404, Column 3]

chandas 2
chándas n. desire, longing for, will MBh. xii, 7376 Pāṇ. 4-4, 93 Kāś.
• intention, purport W.
• a sacred hymn (of AV.
• as distinguished from those of RV. SV. and YajurV.), incantation-hymn RV. x AV. ŚBr. viii MBh. v, 1224 Ragh. i, 11
• the sacred text of the Vedic hymns ŚBr. xi, 5, 7, 3 ĀśvGṛ. Kauś. Gobh. VPrāt. Pāṇ. Mn. &c
• metre (in general, supposed to consist of 3 or 7 typical forms [AV. VS. &c.] to which Virāj is added as the 8th [ŚBr. viii, 3, 3, 6]
• chándas opposed to gāyatrí and triṣṭúbh RV. x, 14, 16)
• metrical science MuṇḍUp. i, 1, 5 MBh. i, 2887 Pañcat. Śrut.
• = ○do-grantha Nyāyam. ix, 2, 6 Sch. ; [Lat. scando, 'to step, scan.']

chanḍdas &c. See ib.
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William

 

'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

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary