See छन्दस् on Wiktionary
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"english": "Hymns were the cross-bars of the pole, Kurira-metre decked the car: the bridesmen were the Asvin Pair, Agni was leader of the train.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.8",
"roman": "sūryā́yā aśvínā varā́gnírāsītpurogaváḥ.",
"text": "स्तोमा॑ आसन्प्रति॒धयः॑ कु॒रीरं॒ छन्द॑ ओप॒शः।\nसू॒र्याया॑ अ॒श्विना॑ व॒राग्निरा॑सीत्पुरोग॒वः॥\nstómā āsanpratidháyaḥ kurī́raṃ chánda opaśáḥ."
}
],
"glosses": [
"metre"
],
"links": [
[
"prosody",
"prosody"
],
[
"metre",
"metre"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(prosody) metre"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"phonology",
"prosody",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"metrical science"
],
"links": [
[
"metrical",
"metrical"
],
[
"science",
"science"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰɐ́n.dɐs/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰɐn̪.d̪ɐs̪/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "छन्दस्"
}
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