Chando (neuter) [Vedic chandas, from skandh, cf. in meaning Sanskrit pada; Greek ἴαμβος] metre, metrics, prosody, especially applied to the Vedas Vin II 139 (chandaso Buddhavacanaṃ āropeti to recite in metrical form, or according to Sp 1214 in the dialect of the Vedas cf. Vinaya Texts III 15); S I 38; Snp 568 (Sāvittī chandaso mukhaṃ: the best of Vedic metres). -viciti prosody Vv-a 265 (enumerated as one of the 6 disciplines dealing with the Vedas: see chaḷaṅga).