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Chhand Sanskrit
   His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
   on the importance of regular practice of
   the Transcendental Meditation technique:
Chhand is one of the structuring dynamics of Rk Veda. It highlights the
MEASURING and QUANTIFYING qualities involved in structuring Rk Veda.
With reference to consciousness, Chhand comprises the specific sets of laws of
Nature that are engaged in promoting the quality of Devata--the process of
  Transcendental Meditation is a MUST for everyone who
wants to be self-sufficient in every way--that means
anyone who wants to bring his level of intelligence to that
level of total intelligence of Nature from where infinite
order and evolution of everything is spontaneously
sustained, and from where his thoughts and actions will
spontaneously be in the evolutionary direction.

-Introduction to Maharishi Vedic University, p. 353

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observation, the dynamism of observing in the witnessing quality of Rishi
--within the Samhita level of consciousness, providing a structure to the
eternally silent, self-referral, self-sufficient, fully awake state of
consciousness, which is intimately personal to everyone.
(complete table of qualities)
 
  In the physiology, Chhanda is found within 
the feedback loops of the hypothalamic- 
pituitary axis and sensory-motor systems. 
These are the resetting mechanisms that 
maintain proper balance within the range of 
transformation anticipated or ordained by the 
body. In a way, these maintain the proper 
rhythm, or metre. 

They therefore play the role of a transforming, 
a predominantly Devata quality, even though 
they have an inherent covering and 
uncovering quality, associated with the name
Chhand. 
-His Majesty Prof. Tony Nader-Ram in 
Human Physiology: Expression of  
Veda and the Vedic Literature, pp. 94-95 
Chhand Physiology
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Chhandas
-describes the different metres that occur in Rik Veda and
 in the whole of Vedic Literature

 

 

 

 

 

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