chanda¹

masculine & neuter (m.)

1. in a bad sense: desire, appetite (for, loc.); affection; partiality.
2. in a good sense or neutral sense: will; intention; appetite for; eagerness.
3. consent; esp. consent to an official act of the saṅgha, given by proxy by an absent bhikkhu.

chanda²

neuter

1. (n.) a meter; a metrical text.
2. the (form of the text) of the Vedas; (the language) of the brahmanical text.