Chanda
Chanda,[cp.Vedic and Sk.chanda,and skandh to jump].1.impulse,excitement; intention,resolution,will; desire for,wish for,delight in (c.Loc.).Expld at Vism.466 as “kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṁ; by Dhtp 587 & Dhtm 821 as chand=icchāyaṁ.-- A.As virtue:dhammapadesu ch.striving after righteousness S.I,202; tibba° ardent desire,zeal A.I,229; IV,15; kusaladhamma° A.III,441.Often combd with other good qualities,e.g.ch.vāyāma ussāha ussoḷhi A.IV,320; ch.viriya citta vīmaṁsā in set of samādhis (cp.iddhipāda) D.III,77 (see below),& in cpd.°âdhipateyya.-- kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati viriyaṁ ārabhati,etc.,see citta V.1 db.‹-› M.II,174; A.I,174 (ch.vā vāyāmo vā); III,50 (chandasā Instr.); Sn.1026 (+viriya); Vv 2412 (=kusala° VvA.116); J.VI,72; DhA.I,14.-- B.As vice:(a) kinds & character of ch.-- With similar expressions:(kāya-) ch.sneha anvayatā M.I,500.-- ch.dosa moha bhaya D.III,182; Nd2 3372 (See also below chandâgati).Its nearest analogue in this sense is rāga (lust),e.g.ch.rāga dosa paṭigha D.I,25 (cp.DA.I,116); rūpesu uppajjati ch.vā rāgo S.IV,195.See below °rāga.In this bad sense it is nearly the same as kāma (see kāma & kāmachanda:sensual desire,cp.DhsA.370,Vism.466 & Mrs.Rh.D.in Dhs.trsl.292) & the combn kāmachanda is only an enlarged term of kāma.Kāye chanda “delight in the body” M.I,500; Sn.203.bhave ch.(pleasure in existence) Th.2,14 (cp.bhavachanda); lokasmiṁ ch.(hankering after the world) Sn.866; methunasmiṁ (sexual desire) Sn.835 (expl.by ch.vā rāgo vā peman Nd1 181).-- Ch.in this quality is one of the roots of misery:cittass’upakkileso S.III,232 sq.; V,92; mūlaṁ dukkhassa J.IV,328 sq.-- Other passages illustrating ch.are e.g.vyāpāda° & vihiṁsā° S.II,151; rūpa-dhātuyā° S.III,10; IV,72; yaṁ aniccaṁ,etc....tattha° S.III,122,177; IV,145 sq.; asmī ti ch.S.III,130; atilīno ch.S.V,277 sq.,cp.also D.II,277.-- (b) the emancipation from ch.as necessary for the attainment of Arahantship.-- vigata° (free from excitement) and a° S.I,111; III,7,107,190; IV,387; A.II,173 sq.; D.III,238; ettha chandaṁ virājetvā Sn.171=S.I,16.Kāye chandaṁ virājaye Sn.203.(a)vīta° A.IV,461 sq.°ṁ vineti S.I,22,197; °ṁ vinodeti S.I,186; ch.suppaṭivinīta S.II,283.na tamhi °ṁ kayirātha Dh.117.‹-› 2.(in the monastic law) consent,declaration of consent (to an official act:kamma) by an absentee Vin.I,121,122.dhammikānaṁ kammānaṁ chandaṁ datvā having given (his) consent to valid proceedings Vin.IV,151,152; cp.°dāyaka II.94.-- Note.The commentaries follow the canonical usage of the word without adding any precision to its connotation.See Nd2 s.v.; DhsA.370; DhA.I,14,J.VI,72,VvA.77.
--âgati in °gamana the wrong way (of behaviour,consisting) in excitement,one of the four agatigamanāni,viz.ch°,dosa°,moha°,bhaya° D.III,133,228; Vbh.376 (see above); --âdhipateyya (adj.) standing under the dominant influence of impulse Dhs.269,359,529; Vbh.288 (+viriya°,citta°,vīmaṁsā°); --ânunīta led according to one’s own desire S.IV,71; Sn.781; --âraha (adj.) fit to give one’s consent Vin.II,93; V,221; --ja sprung from desire (dukkha) S.I,22; --nānatta the diversity or various ways of impulse or desire S.II,143 sq.; D.III,289; Vbh.425; --pahāna the giving up of wrong desire S.V,273; --mūlaka (adj.) having its root in excitement A.IV,339; V,107; --rāga exciting desire (cp.kāmachanda) D.II,58,60; III,289; S.I,198; II,283; III,232 sq.(cakkhusmiṁ,etc.); IV,7 sq.164 (Bhagavato ch-r.n’atthi),233; A.I,264 (atīte ch-r-ṭṭhānīyā dhammā); II,71; III,73; Nd2 413; DhA.I,334; --samādhi the (right) concentration of good effort,classed under the 4 iddhipādā with viriya°; citta° vīmaṁsā° D.III,77; S.V,268; A.I,39; Vbh.216 sq.; Nett 15; --sampadā the blessing of zeal S.V,30.(Page 274)