चन्द्रcandra

चन्द्र (candra) is a Sanskrit word meaning glittering or shining, the moon, the most excellent among, the number one, a lovely or agreeable phenomenon of any kind, the eye in a peacock's tail. Its 54 recorded definitions are grouped into 18 contexts, among them Proper Name of Individuals, The Moon, Moon God, Mythology, Specific Plants or Plant Products.

Etymology: E. चदि to shine, Uṇādi affix रक्
Definitions: 54

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Meanings by context

Proper Name of Individuals

15 definitions

an epithet of a Daitya and king of the Kambojas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Krishna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a son of Vishvagandhi and father of Yuvashva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a grammarian

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a king

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an ancestor of the Gauda Brahmans

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of several other men

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an Asura

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the son of Vishvasandhi and father of Yuvashva

— The Purana Index

a son of Krishna and Satya

— The Purana Index

a son of Bali

— The Purana Index

one of Danu's sons

— The Purana Index

the son of Nara and father of Kevala

— The Purana Index

the son of Hemacandra, and father of Dhumraksha

— The Purana Index

The Moon, Moon God, Mythology

13 definitions

the moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Shining, bright, or lovely. 2. The moon. 3. Gold.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The moon. 2. Camphor. 3. Water. 4. Gold. 5. A plant. 6. Pre-eminent. 7. The eye in a peacock tail. 8. A minor division of the known continent. 9. The mark of the soft aspirate. 10. A red-tinged pearl. 11. Anything giving pleasure. 12. An awning or canopy. 13. Small cardamoms.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The moon, camphor, water, gold, the eye of a peacock's tail, a pearl, or a chief. 2. An awning or cardamoms.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The moon. 2. Camphor. 3. Water. 4. Gold. 5. A plant. 6. Pre-eminent or chief. 7. The edge in a peacock's tail. 8. A minor division of the known continent. 9. The mark of the soft aspirate. 10. A pearl with a red tinge. 11. Anything giving pleasure. 12. An awning or canopy. 13. Small cardamoms.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The moon. 2. A moon-like spot. 3. A proper name. 4. The name of a mountain.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shining or brilliant. 2. The moon.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shining or shimmering. 2. The moon or moon-god.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. glittering or shining 2. the moon 3. any eminent person 4. a lovely or agreeable phenomenon 5. a spot similar to the moon 6. the eye in a peacock's tail 7. the symbol of the Visarga 8. gold 9. a reddish kind of pearl 10. water 11. camphor 12. a particular plant

चन्द्र (candra) [Printed book page 0315-b]
Candra, as, ā, am (originally ścandra; cf. aśva-

ścandra, puru-śc°, &c.), Ved. glittering, shining

(as gold), having the brilliancy or hue of light;

(as), m. the moon (regarded as a planet), the moon

personified or regarded as a deity; any eminent or

illustrious person (at end of comp., e. g. puruṣa-

candra, a moon of men, an excellent or eminent

man, the moon being regarded as the most beautiful

of the planets); a lovely or agreeable phenomenon

of any kind, anything which gives pleasure; a spot

similar to the moon; the eye in a peacock's tail;

the symbol or mark of the Visarga; gold; a reddish

kind of pearl; water; camphor; a particular plant,

= kāmpilla; N. of a metre consisting of four lines

of nineteen syllables each; N. of a Daitya, = Can-

dra-varman, king of the Kāmbojas; also of a son

of Viśva-gandhi and father of Yuvanāśva; N. of a

grammarian; of a king; of one of the ancestors of

the Gauḍa Brāhmans, and of several other men; one

of the eighteen minor Dvīpas or divisions of the

known continent; N. of one of the principal branches

of the river Candra-bhāgā; N. of a mountain; (ā),

f. a hall covered only at the top; an awning, a

canopy; small cardamoms; Cocculus Cordifolius, =

guḍūcī; (ī), f. Serratula Anthelmintica, = vākucī;

(am), n. gold; a kind of sour rice-gruel, = cukra;

N. of a Sāman; [cf. ardha-candra.] —Candra-

kalā, f. a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's disc,

(each digit is personified as a female divinity, and

worshipped in Tantrika ceremonies); the crescent

before or after the new moon; a kind of fish, =

vācā or bācā, Pimelodus Vacha; title of a drama.

—Candra-kavi, is, m., N. of a poet. —Candra-

kāṭuki, is, m., N. of a man. —Candra-kānta, as,

ā, am, lovely as the moon; (as), m. a fabulous

gem, the moon-stone, supposed to be formed from the

congelation of the rays of the moon and to dissolve

under the influence of its light; a kind of crystal or

jasper may perhaps be meant; (am, as), n. m. the

white eatable water-lily, blossoming during the night;

(am), n. sandal-wood; (ā), f. the wife of the moon;

the night. —Candra-kānti, is, f. the brilliancy or lus-

tre of the moon, moonlight. —Candra-kālānala (°la-

an°), am, n. a kind of diagram. —Candra-kīrtti, is,

m., N. of an author. —Candra-kula, am, n., N. of

a town. —Candra-kulyā, f., N. of a river in Kaś-

mīra. —Candra-ketu, us, m., N. of a man; also of

a son of Lakṣmaṇa. —Candra-koṣa, as, m. title

of a lexicon. —Candra-garbha, as, m. title of a

Buddhist Sūtra work. —Candra-giri, is, m., N. of

a mountain; also of a prince. —Candra-gupta, as,

m. ‘moon-protected,’ N. of a renowned king, the

Σανδο-κυπτος or Σανδρο-κοττος of the Greeks, who

is supposed to have reigned at Pāṭali-putra, or the mo-

dern Patna, about 315 B. C., (he was installed by the

Brāhman Cāṇakya after causing the death of Nanda,

and was the founder of a new dynasty); N. of two kings

of the Gupta dynasty; the registrar of Yama's court

(in the latter sense a wrong form for citra-gupta).

—Candra-gomin, ī, m., N. of a grammarian. —Can-

dra-gola, as, m. the lunar orb or sphere. —Candra-

gola-stha, as, m. ‘dwelling in the lunar sphere,’ a

deceased progenitor, the manes. —Candra-golikā, f.

moonlight. —Candra-grahaṇa, am, n. an eclipse

of the moon. —Candra-cañcala, as, ā, m. f. a

small fish called Chanda, = candraka. —Candra-

cūḍa, as, m. an epithet of Śiva (whose diadem is a

crescent), [cf. candra-mauli, candra-śekhara, &c.];

N. of an author. —Candra-cūḍāmaṇi, is, m. title

of a literary work. —Candra-cūḍāṣṭaka (°ḍa-

aṣ°), am, n., N. of a hymn. —Candra-ja, as, m.

the son of the moon, an epithet of Budha (Mercury).

—Candra-tāpana, as, m., N. of a Dānava.

—Candra-dakṣiṇa, as, ā, am, Ved. offering

anything bright (as gold &c.) in sacrifice. —Candra-
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datta, as, m., N. of an author. —Candra-dāra,

ās, m. pl. the twenty-seven lunar mansions, which,

in mythology, are so many nymphs, daughters of

Dakṣa, and wedded to Candra or the moon.

—Candra-deva, as, m., N. of a warrior; N. of

a Brāhman of Kaśyapa's family; N. of a poet.

—Candra-dyuti, is, m. sandal-wood; [cf. canda-

na.] —Candra-dhvaja-ketu, us, m., N. of a Samā-

dhi. —Candra-nābha, as, m., N. of a Dānava.

—Candra-nibha, as, ā, am, like the moon, bright,

handsome. —Candra-nirṇij, k, k, k, Ved. one who

has a brilliant garment or appearance; (Sāy.) having

a shape like the moon or whose form causes delight.

—Candra-pañcaṅga, am, n. the luni-solar calendar.

—Candra-pāda, as, m. a moon-beam. a ray of the

moon. —Candra-putra, as, m. ‘son of the moon,’

a N. of Budha or Mercury. —Candra-pura, as, m.,

N. of a town; [cf. cāndrapura.] —Candra-puṣpā,

f. a kind of solanum; [cf. śveta-kaṇṭakārī.]

—Candra-prakāśa, as, m. title of a work. —Can-

dra-prabha, as, m., N. of the Arhat of the present

Ava-sarpiṇī; N. of a king; N. of several persons;

(ā), f. moonlight; the plant Serratula Anthelmintica,

= vākucī; a compound of various drugs used in

jaundice, piles, &c. N. of a woman. —Candra-

prabhāva, as, ā, am, splendid as the moon.

—Candra-prabhāsvara-rāja, as, m., N. of several

Buddhas. —Candra-priya, as, m., N. of a prince.

—Candra-bālā, f. large cardamoms. —Candra-

bāhu, us, m., N. of an Asura. —Candra-budhna,

as, ā, am, Ved. having a bright standing-ground;

(Sāy.) the ground or cause of joy to all creatures.

—Candra-bha, as, m., N. of an attendant of

Skanda. —Candra-bhāgā, f., N. of a river, the

Chenab, one of the five streams of the Pañjāb.

—Candra-bhāsa, as, m. a sword; [cf. candra-

hāsa.] —Candra-bhūti, i, n. silver. —Candra-

maṇi, is, m. = candra-kānta, the moon-gem.

—Candra-maṇḍala, am, n. the orb or disc of

the moon; the lunar sphere; a halo round the moon.

—Candra-manas, ās, m., N. of one of the ten

horses of the moon. —Candra-mas, ās, m. (fr.

candra+mas, derived fr. rt. mā), the moon, the

deity of the moon; a month. —Candra-mā, f., N.

of a river. —Candra-mālā, f., N. of a metre; N.

of a river. —Candra-mukha, as, m. ‘moon-faced,’

N. of a man; (ī), f. a metre consisting of four lines

of ten syllables each; a lovely woman, whose face is

fair as the moon. —Candra-mauli, is, m. ‘moon-

crested,’ an epithet of Śiva, (this deity being repre-

sented with a crescent on his forehead); [cf. candra-

cūḍa] —Candra-ratha, as, ā, am, Ved. having a

brilliant carriage. —Candra-rāja, as, m., N. of a

minister of king Harṣa. —Candra-rekhā, f. a digit

of the moon. —Candra-reṇu, us, m. a plagiarist, a

poetical thief (who has only the dust of the moon).

—Candra-lekha, as, m., N. of a Rākṣasa; (ā),

f. a digit of the moon; the plant Serratula Anthel-

mintica, = vākucī; N. of a metre consisting of four

lines of thirteen syllables each; N. of another metre

of four lines of fifteen syllables each; N. of a daughter

of the Nāga Su-śravas; also of the wife of Kṣema-

gupta; N. of the daughter of king Vīra-siṃha, also

called Śaśi-kalā. —Candra-loka, am, n. the sphere

or heaven of the moon. —Candra-locana, as, m.,

N. of a Dānava. —Candra-lohaka or candra-lauha

or candra-lauhaka, am, n. silver. —Candra-

vaṃśa, as, m. the race of the moon, the lunar race

of kings or the second great line of Kṣatriya or

royal dynasties in India. (The progenitor of the

lunar race of kings who reigned at ancient Delhi or

Hāstina-pura was Soma the Moon, the child of the

Ṛṣi Atri and father of Budha. The latter married

Iḷā, daughter of the solar king Ikṣavāku, and had by

her a son, Aila or Purūravas. This last had a son

by Urvaśī, named Āyus, from whom came Nahuṣa,

father of Yayāti. The latter had two sons, Puru and

Yadu, from whom proceeded the two branches of the

lunar line. In the line of Yadu was born Kṛṣṇa

and Bala-rāma; in that of Puru came Dushyanta,

the hero of the Śakuntalā and father of the great
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Bharata. Ninth from Bharata came Kuru, and

fourteenth from him Śāntanu, who had a son

Vicitra-vīrya and a step-son Vyāsa. The latter

married the two widows of his half-brother, and had

by them Dhṛta-rāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu, the wars of

whose sons form the subject of the Mahā-bhārata);

[cf. sūrya-vaṃśa.] —Candravaṃśin, ī, m. one of

the lunar dynasty. —Candra-vaktrā, f., N. of a

town. —Candra-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. brilliant,

golden, abounding in gold; illuminated by the moon;

(tī), f., N. of a daughter of Su-nābha and wife of

Gada; N. of a princess; the wife of a potter; N. of

a town or district. —Candra-vatsa, ās, m., N. of

a people. —Candra-vadana, as, ā, am, moon-

faced, having a face fair as the moon. —Candra-

varṇa, as, ā, am, Ved. of brilliant or bright colour.

—Candra-vartman, a, n., N. of a metre consisting

of four lines of twelve syllables each. —Candra-

varman, ā, m., N. of a king of the Kāmbojas; also

of a prince conquered by Samudra-gupta. —Candra-

vallarī, f. a kind of Asclepias, = soma-vallarī or

brahmī-śāka. —Candra-vallī, f., N. of several

plants, = pra-sāraṇī, mādhavī, and soma-latā.

—Candra-vasā, f., N. of a river. —Candra-vindu,

us, m. the sign for the nasal Z (Z). —Candra-vimala,

as, m., N. of a Samādhi (pure as the moon).

—Candra-vimala-sūrya-prabhāsa-śrī, īs, m., N.

of a Buddha (the beauty of whom is spotless like the

moon and brilliant as the sun). —Candra-vihaṅ-

gama, as, m. a kind of crane, Ardea Nivea.

—Candra-vrata, am, n. a kind of vow or penance

[cf. cāndrāyaṇa]; a regal property or virtue.

—Candra-śarman, ā, m., N. of a Brāhman. —Can-

dra-śālā, f. an upper room, an apartment on the

house-top; moonlight. —Candra-śālikā, f. a room

on the top of a house. —Candra-śilā, f. a kind of

gem, moon-stone [cf. candra-kānta]; N. of one of

the Mātṛs attending on Skanda. —Candra-śukla,

as, m., N. of one of the eight Upa-dvīpas in Jambu-

dvīpa. —Candra-śūra, am, n. a kind of fruit, =

candrikā, kāravī, &c., commonly hālim, Lepidium

Sativum. —Candra-śekhara, as, m. an epithet of

Śiva [cf. candra-mauli]; N. of a prince whose

minister was the father of Viśva-nātha, the author

of the Sāhitya-darpaṇa; or N. of that minister; N.

of a commentator on Kālidāsa's Śakuntalā (perhaps

identical with the minister of the same name); N. of

the author of the play Madhurā-niruddha; N. of a

mountain. —Candraśekhara-campū-prabandha,

as, m. title of a work. —Candra-śrī, īs, m., N. of a

prince. —Candra-sañjña, as, m. ‘having any name

of the moon,’ camphor. —Candra-sambhava, as,

m. son of the moon, i. e. Budha, the planet Mercury;

(ā), f. small cardamoms. —Candra-saras, as, n.

‘moon-lake,’ N. of a lake. —Candra-sālokya, am, n.

attainment of the lunar heaven. —Candra-siṃha, as,

m., N. of a king, son of Darpa-nārāyaṇa. —Candra-

suta, as, m. = candra-ja. —Candra-surasa, as,

m. the plant Vitex Negundo. —Candra-sūrya, au,

m. du. moon and sun. —Candra-sūrya-jihmīkara-

prabha, as, m., N. of a Buddha (whose splendor

obscures moon and sun). —Candra-sūrya-pradīpa,

as, m., N. of a Buddha (illuminating moon and

sun). —Candra-sena, as, m., N. of a prince, son

of Samudra-sena. —Candra-han, ā, m., N. of a

Dānava. —Candra-hanu, us, and candra-hantṛ,

tā, m., N. of a Dānava. —Candra-hāsa, as, m. a

glittering scimitar [‘deriding the moon;’ cf. candra-

bhāsa]; the sword of Rāvaṇa; N. of a prince; (ā),

f. the plant Cocculus Cordifolius [cf. guḍūcī]; (am), n.

silver. —Candrākara (°ra-āk°), as, m., N. of a man.

—Candrākṛti (°ra-āk°), is, is, i, moon-shaped;

like the moon (in roundness, &c.). —Candrāgra (°ra-

ag°), as, ā, am, Ved. having a brilliant beginning;

(Sāy.) having joy or gold at the head or as the chief

subject. —Candrāṅgada (°ra-aṅ°), as, m., N. of a

son of king Indra-sena. —Candrātapa (°ra-āt°), as,

m. moonlight; an open hall, one only furnished with a

roof; an awning. —Candrātmaja (°ra-āt°), as, m.

the son of the moon, the planet Mercury. —Candrā-

nana (°ra-ān°), as, ā, am, moon-faced; (as), m.
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an epithet of Skanda. —Candrāpīḍa (°ra-āp°), as,

m. an epithet of Śiva; N. of a son of Janamejaya;

of a king of Kaśmīra, the brother of Tārā-pīḍa; of

a son of king Tārā-pīḍa. —Candrābha-vaktra

(°ra-ābh°), as, ā, am, whose face is moon-like.

—Candrābhāsa (°ra-ābh°), as, m. a false moon,

an appearance in the sky like the real moon.

—Candrārka (°ra-ar°), au, m. du. moon and sun;

(ī), f. title of an astronomical work by Dina-kara.

—Candrārka-dīpa, as, m., N. of a Buddha, =

candra-sūrya-pradīpa. —Candrārdha (°ra-ar°),

as, m. a half-moon. —Candrārdha-kṛtaśekhara,

as, m. an ascetic who imitates the appearance of Śiva.

—Candrārdha-cūdāmaṇi, is, m. or candrārdha-

mauli, is, m. an epithet of Śiva. —Candrāloka

(°ra-āl°), as, m. title of a work on rhetoric by

Jaya-deva. —Candrāvatī, f., N. of a place of

pilgrimage; N. of the wife of king Dharma-sena.

—Candrāvartā (°ra-āv°), f. a metre consisting

of four lines of fifteen syllables each. —Candrāvalī

(°ra-āv°), f., N. of one of Kṛṣṇa's female com-

panions. —Candrāvaloka (°ra-av°), as, m., N. of

a prince. —Candrāśva (°ra-aś°), as, m., N. of a

son of Dhundhu-māra. —Candrāspadā (°ra-ās°), f.,

N. of a plant. —Candrāhvaya (°ra-āh°), as, m.

camphor. —Candreṣṭā (°ra-iṣ°), f. an assemblage

of lotuses blossoming during the night (lit. ‘loved

by the moon’). —Candrodaya (°ra-ud°), as, m.

moon-rise; an awning, a cloth or sheet spread over

the large open courts of Hindū houses upon festive

occasions; a mercurial preparation used in medicine;

N. of a warrior on the side of the Pāṇḍavas; (ā), f.

a medicine for the eyes. —Candronmīlana (°ra-

un°), am, n. title of a work. —Candropala (°ra-

up°), as, m. the moon-gem; [cf. candra-kānta.] [ID=18214]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

the Moon

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

pointed out to Hari that Rahu was drinking nectar in the guise of a deva, and fought with Rahu in a Devasura war

— The Purana Index

The moon

— The Purana Index

The moon

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Specific Plants or Plant Products

5 definitions

the Kampilla plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

cardamoms

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Cocculus cordifolius

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See drāspadā for the definition.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Serratula anthelminthica

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Name of Geographical Locations

4 definitions

one of the eighteen minor Dvipas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

mountain

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a mountain of Plakshadvipa

— The Purana Index

Moon-like Markings, Spots, Symbols

3 definitions

a spot similar to the moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the eye in a peacock's tail

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the mark of the Visarga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Gold (Substance)

2 definitions

gold

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

gold

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

A Poetic Metre

1 definition

a metre of 4 by 19 syllables

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Sāman (Vedic Chant)

1 definition

Name of a Saman

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Type of Pearl

1 definition

a kind of reddish pearl

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Awning or Canopy

1 definition

an awning or canopy

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Camphor (Substance)

1 definition

camphor

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Group of Nāḍis (Physiological/Esoteric)

1 definition

a group of nadis of the sun with enough light

— The Purana Index

Lovely or Agreeable Phenomenon

1 definition

a lovely or agreeable phenomenon of any kind

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Most Excellent, Chief (Figurative)

1 definition

the most excellent among

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Shining, Bright (Adjective)

1 definition

glittering or shining

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sour Rice-Gruel (Food)

1 definition

a kind of sour rice gruel

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Number One

1 definition

the number one

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Water (Substance)

1 definition

water

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.