CaMdas n. [ CaMdayati asun ] 1 Wish, desire, fancy, will, pleasure; ( gfhRIyAt ) mUrKaM CaMdo'nuvfttena yATAtaTyena paMqitaM Chāṇ. 33. 2 Free will, free or wilful conduct. 3 Meaning, intention. 4 Fraud, trick, deceit. 5 The Vedas, the sacred text of the Vedic hymns; sa ca kulapatirAdyaSCaMdasAM yaH prayoktA U. 3. 48 ; bahulaM CaMdasi frequently used by Pāṇini; praRavaSCaMdasAmiva R. 1. 11 ; Y. 1. 143 ; Ms. 4. 95. 6 A metre; fkCaMdasA ASAste Ś. 4 ; gAyatrI CaMdasAmahaM Bg. 10. 35 ; 13. 4. 7 Metrical science, prosody; (regarded as one of the six Vedāngas or auxiliaries to the Vedas, the other five being SikzA, vyAkaraRa , kalpa, nirukta and jyotiza ). Comp. — kftaM any metrical part of the Vedas or other sacred compositions; yaToditena viDinA nityaM CaMdaskftaM paWet Ms. 4. 100. — gaH (-CaMdogaH) 1 a reciter in metre. 2 a student or chanter of the Sāmaveda; Ms. 3. 145 ; ( CaMdogaH sAmavedADyAyI ) — BaMgaH a violation of the laws of metre. — vicitiH f. ‘examination of metres’, N. of a work on metres, sometimes ascribed to Daṇḍin; CaMdovicityAM sakalastatprapaMco nidarSitaH Kāv. 1. 12. — vfttaM a metre in general. — stuB m. N. of Aruṇa.