(p. 456) chāndasa chhāndasa. [Skt.] adj. Free, subject to no rule, sacred: as the style of some ancient books which being inspired, the broken metres cannot be corrected according to prosody. ఛాందసము cḥānda-samu. n. Silliness, the stupidity of a mere bookworm, simplicity, awkwardness. That part of an almanac which lays down the (వైదికము) diurnal rites: ఛాందసుడు chhāndasuḍu. n. A textualist, a ritualist: శ్రోత్రియుడు. A mere silly book-worm: a monk.

(p. 506) tanamu tanamu. [Tel.] An affix, added to many nouns and adjectives to give them an abstract or a collective force like త్వం in Sanskrit words, and ness, tion, ment in English words, thus: దొరతనము government, దండితనము greatness, మంచితనము goodness, పిల్లతనము childishness, గట్టితనము solidity, గొప్పతనము largeness, మిటారితనము playfulness, గొల్లతనము the peasantry, the shepherd class, బల్లితనము the being a lizard: the being born as a lizard, కాపుతనము the farmer class. It is added like-wise to past participles as తెలియ నితనము silliness, ignorance. చేతకానితనము awkwardness.