a Vedic hymn.

a wish or desire.

a behaviour that is driven by one's freakish notion or whims; caprice.

metre - a) poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned or rhythmic lines or verses; b) a particular form of such arrangement, depending on either the kind or the number of feet constituting the verse or both rhythmic kind and number of feet.

the science or study of poetic metres and versification; prosody.

a man versed with Vedas.

a dull, ignorant man; a dunce; a stupid.

the quality or condition of being negligent; habitual failure to do the required thing; carelessness; negligence.

want of quickness, swiftness; slothfulness; slowness.

to think - a) to form or have in the mind; conceive; b) to hold in one's opinion; to judge; to consider; c) to determine, resolve, work out, etc. by reasoning; d) to have the mind turned steadily toward; to have constantly in mind; e) to have regard for; to consider the welfare of.

to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; to feel worry, annoyance, discontent or the like; to worry.

observing religious rites and rituals scrupulously.

relating to Vēdas or Vedic hymns.

of or according to the principles of, prosody; prosodic.

= ಛಾಂದಸಿಗ.

a man versed in the science or study of metrical structure, stanza forms, etc.; a prosodist.

a man tending to preserve established traditions or institutions and to resist or oppose (often unreasonably) any changes in these.

to cut into small pieces; to chop up; to mince.