chāndasa mf(ī)n. having the sacred text of the Veda (chándas) as (its) subject, peculiar or relating or belonging to the Veda, Vedic Kauś. Pāṇ. 4-3, 71 Pat. Hariv. 12284 BhP.
• (once ○nda BhavP. i)
• archaistic Sarvad. vi, 11
• (g. manojñâdi Pāṇ. 5-2, 84 Kāś.) studying the holy text of the Vedic hymns, familiar with it Kathās. lxii, cxviii
• (ifc., g. khasūcy-ādi Gaṇar. 114 Sch.)
• relating to metre RAnukr. Sch.

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William