Chando (nt.) [Vedic chandas, from skandh, cp. in meaning Sk. pada; Gr. i)/ambos] metre, metrics, prosody, esp. applied to the Vedas Vin ii.139 (chandaso buddhavacanaŋ āropeti to recite in metrical form, or acc. to Bdhgh. in the dialect of the Vedas cp. Vin. Texts iii.150); S i.38; Sn 568 (Sāvittī chandaso mukhaŋ: the best of Vedic metres).
   -- viciti prosody VvA 265 (enumd as one of the 6 disciplines dealing with the Vedas: see chaḷanga).

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

chando(語基chandas): n. 韻律

巴漢辭典 編者：(斗六) 廖文燦

chando in comp. for ○das
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William