Entry № 1962 · Sanskrit origin

Chhandas Chhandas — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHN-dahs /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Vedic meter / prosody"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "vedic meter / prosody".

Chhandas is from the Sanskrit Chandas.

Vedic meter / prosody — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

छन्दस्
Transliteration
Chandas
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃɑːn.dəs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chhandas stands.

Chhandas does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Chhandass before her.

Real people

In fiction
Chandas prosody / 6 Vedangas Shiksha Kalpa Vyakarana Nirukta Chandas Jyotisha / Pingala Chhandah-Shastra 200 BCE 8 chapters 300+ meters binary Pascal / Gayatri 24 Ushnik 28 Anushtubh 32 Brihati 36 Pankti 40 Trishtubh 44 Jagati 48 / Gayatri Rigveda 3.62.10
Sanskrit Vedic-meter prosody + chad to cover + Chandas Sanskrit-prosody Vedāṅgas Śikṣā + Kalpa + Vyākaraṇa + Nirukta + Chandas + Jyotiṣa + Piṅgalas Chandaḥ-Śāstra ~200 BCE 8-chapters 300+ meters binary-mathematical Pascal-triangle + Gāyatrī 24-syllables + Uṣṇik 28 + Anuṣṭubh 32 + Bṛhatī 36 + Paṅkti 40 + Triṣṭubh 44 + Jagatī 48 + Gāyatrī-Mantra Rigveda 3.62.10
Chhandas Pingala

Names connected to Chhandas.

The number behind Chhandas.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chhandas reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.