As a deity name
Name 670 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
छद · noun · masculine
ढकनेवाली । वस्तु । आवरण (चादर, ढक्कन, छाल इत्यादि) । जैसे,—रदच्छद · चिड़ियों का पंख । पक्ष · पत्ता । पत्र । पर्ण ।—अनेकार्थ॰, पृ॰ ५२ — Śabdasāgara
छद · ćhad · s.m.
A cover, covering; a leaf; a wing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 461
Cited formation "छद" is a compound of छह ("six") + द ("the eighteenth consonant in Hindi"): छ- is the combining form of छह, its long vowel shortened. CHD Basic Grammar App. III §3 — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a leaf
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Dictionary citations
chada mfn. ifc. covering, BhP. x, 83, 36
chada m. a cover, covering (ifc.), R. vii, 23, 4, 32
cf. alpa-, uttara-, uraś-, ghana-, tanu-, danta-, daśana-, vadana-
chada m. (ifc. f(ā). ) a wing, Nal. ix, 12
chada m. a leaf, MBh.; R.; Pañcat.; BhP.; Prab. iv, 27/28
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