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चंद्र (caMdra)

 
Apte 1890
English
चंद्र a. [चंट् णिच् रक्] Ved. 1 Glittering, bright, shining (as gold).
2 Lovely, beautiful.
द्रः 1 The moon: यथा प्रह्लादनाच्चंद्रः R. 4. 12
हृतचंद्रा तमसेव कौमुदी 8. 37
न हि संहरते ज्योत्स्नां चद्रश्चांडालवेश्मनि H. 1. 61
मुख°, वदन° &c.
पर्याप्तचंद्रेव शरत्त्रियामा Ku. 7. 26 (for mythological account see सोम).
2 The moon, as a planet.
3 Campher
विलेपनस्याधिकचंद्रभागताविभावनाच्चापललाप पांडुतां N. 1. 51.
4 The eye in a peacock's tail.
5 Water.
6 Gold (n. also).
7 A lovely or agreeable phenomenon.
8 A spot similar to the moon
9 The symbol or mark of a Visarga.
10 A reddish kind of pearl.
11 The fifth lunar mansion.
12 The number ‘one’. (Used at the end of comp. चंद्र means ‘excellent’, ‘eminent’, or ‘illustrious’
as पुरुषचंद्रः ‘a moon of men’, an excellent or illustrious man).
द्रा 1 Small cardamoms.
2 An open hall only furnished with a roof.
3 An awning, a canopy.
Comp.
अंशुः {1} Viṣṇu. {2} a moon-beam.
अर्धः the half moon
Pt. 4. °चूडामणिः, °मोलिः, °शेखरः epithets of Śiva.
आतपः {1} moon-light. {2} awning. {3} an open hall only furnished with a roof.
आत्मजः,
औरसः,
जः,
जातः,
तनयः,
नंदनः,
पुत्रः the planet Mercury.
आनन a. moon-faced. (
नः) an epithet of Kārtikeya.
आपीडः an epithet of Śiva.
आभासः ‘false moon’, an appearance in the sky resembling the real moon.
आह्वयः camphor.
इष्टा a lotus plant, or a collection of lotuses, blossoming during the night.
उदयः {1} moon-rise. {2} awning. {3} a mercurial preparation used in medicine. (
या) a kind of medicine for the eyes.
उपलः the moon-stone.
कला {1} a digit of the moon
राहोश्चंद्रकलामिवाननचरीं दैवात्समासाद्य मे Māl. 5. 28. {2} the crescent before or after the new moon.
कांतः,
माणिः the moonstone (supposed to ooze away under the influence of the moon)
द्रवति च हिनरश्मावुद्गते चद्रकांतः U. 6. 12
Śi. 4. 58
Amaru. 57
Bh. 1. 21
Māl. 1. 24. (
तः
तं) the white eatable water-lily blossoming during the night. (
तं) sandal-wood.
कांता {1} a night. {2} the wife of the moon. {3} moon-light.
कांतिः f. moon-light. (
n.) silver.
क्षयः the new-moon-day or the last day of a lunar month (अमा) when the moon is not visible.
गृहं the fourth sign of the zodiac, Cancer.
गोलः the world of the moon, lunar sphere. °रथः a deceased progenitor, the manes.
गोलिका moonlight.
ग्रहणं an eclipse of the moon.
चं वला a small fish
चूडः,
मौलिः, शेखरः,
चूडामणिः epithets of Śiva
(‘having the moon for his crest’, ‘moon-crested’)
रहस्युपालभ्यत चंद्रशेखरः Ku. 5. 58, 86
R. 6. 34.
दाराः (m. pl.) ‘the wives of the moon’, the 27 lunar mansions mythologically regarded as so many daughters of Dakṣa and married to the moon.
द्युतिः sandal-wood. (
f.) moon-light.
नामन् m. camphor.
निभ a. bright, handsome.
पंचागं the luni-solar calendar.
पादः a moon-beam
Me. 70
Māl. 3. 12.
प्रभा moon-light.
बाला {1} large cardamoms. {2} moon-light.
बिंदु the sign for the nasal (ँ).
भस्मन् n. camphor.
भागा N. of a river in the south.
भासः a sword
see चंद्रहास.
भूति n. silver.
मणिः the moon-stone.
मंडलं {1} the orb or disc of the moon. {2} the lunar sphere. {3} a halo round the moon.
मुखी a moon-faced (i. e. lovely) woman.
रेखा, लेखा the digit or streak of the moon.
रेणुः a plagiarist.
लोकः the world of the moon.
लोहकं,
लौहं,
लौहकं silver.
वंशः the lunar race of kings, the second great line of royal dynasties in India.
वदन a. a moon-faced.
व्रतं {1} a kind of vow or penance = चांद्रायण q. v. {2} a regal property or virtue.
शाला {1} a room on the top (of a house &c.)
वियद्गतः पुष्पकचंद्रशालाः क्षणं प्रतिश्रुन्मुखराः करोति R. 13. 40. {2} moonlight.
शालिका a room on the top of a house.
शिला the moon-stone
Bk. 11. 15.
संज्ञः camphor.
संभवः N. of Budha or Mercury. (
वा) small cardamoms.
सालोक्य attainment of the lunar heaven.
हन् m. an epithet of Rāhu.
हासः {1} a glittering sword. {2} the sword of Rāvaṇa
हे पाणयः किमिति वांछथ चंद्रहासं B. R. 1. 56, 61. {3} N. of a king of Kerala, son of Sudhārmika. [He was born under the Mūla asterism and his left foot had a redundant toe
for this his father was killed by his enemies, and the boy was left an orphan in a state of destitution. After much exertion he was restored to his kingdom. He became a friend of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna when they came to the South in the course of their wanderings with the sacrificial horse.] (
सं) silver.
L R Vaidya
English
caMdra {% m. %} 1. The moon, न हि संहरते ज्योत्न्सां चंद्रश्छांडालवेश्मनि Hit.i., पर्याप्तचंद्रेव शरत्त्रियामा K.S.vii.26
2. the moon regarded as a planet
3. the eye in a peacock’s tail
4. camphor, विलेपनस्याधिकचंद्रभागताविभावनाच्चापललाप पांडुताम् Na.i.51
5. water
6. gold. (When used at the end of a compound चंद्र means ‘excellent, ’ ‘eminent, ’ e.g. पुरुषचंद्र).