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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry चन्द्र

  1. चन्द्रcandraa.Ved.

    [चन्द् णिच् रक्]

    1. Vedic
    2. Glittering, bright, shining (as gold).
    3. Lovely, beautiful.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -न्द्रा

      1. Small cardamoms.
      2. An open hall only furnished with a roof.
      3. An awning, a canopy.
      4. Compound अंशुः Viṣṇu.
      5. a moon-beam.

    • -अर्धः the half moon; Pt.4. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचूडामणिः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमौलिः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedशेखरः epithet of Śiva.

    • -आतपः

      1. moon-light.
      2. awning.
      3. an open hall only furnished with a roof.

    • -आत्मजः, -औरसः, -जः, -जातः, -तनयः, -नन्दनः, -पुत्रः the planet Mercury.

    • -आतपः the moon-light; चन्द्रातपमिव रसतामुपेतम् K.

    • -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.

    • -न्द्रः

      1. The moon; यथा प्रह्लादनाच्चन्द्रः R.4.12; हृतचन्द्रा तमसेव कौमुदी 8. 37; न हि संहरते ज्योत्स्नां चन्द्रश्चाण्डालवेश्मनि H.1.61; मुखdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, वदनdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied &e.; पर्याप्तचन्द्रेव शरत्त्रियामा Ku.7.26 (for mythological account see सोम).
      2. The moon, as a planet.
      3. Camphor; विलेपनस्याधिकचन्द्रभागताविभावनाच्चापललाप पाण्डुताम् Name1.51.
      4. The eye in a peacock's tail.
      5. Water.
      6. Gold (Neuter 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. चन्द्र means 'excellent', 'eminent' or 'illustrious'; as पुरुषचन्द्रः 'a moon of men', an excellent or illustrious man).

    • -आदित्यौ

      1. The moon and the sun.
      2. Name of curls on the forehead of a horse; चन्द्रादित्यौ ललाटस्थौ नृपाणां जयवर्धनौ Śālihotra of Bhoja 25.

    • -आनन Adjective 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.

    • -कला

      1. a digit of the moon; राहोश्चन्द्रकलामिवाननचरीं दैवात्समासाद्य मे Māl.5.28.
      2. the crescent before or after the new moon.
      3. A cattle-drum.
      4. A kind of fish; Latin D. B.

    • -कान्तः, -मणिः the moon-stone (supposed to ooze away under the influence of the moon); द्रवति च हिमश्मावुद्गते चन्द्रकान्तः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.12; Śi.4.58; Amaru.57; Bh.1.21; Māl.1.24. (-तः, -तम्) the white eatable water-lily blossoming during the night. (-तम्) sandal-wood.

    • -बाला

      1. large cardamoms.
      2. moon-light.

    • -बिन्दु the sign for the nasal ()-बुध्न Adjective having a bright standing ground; चन्द्रबुध्नो मदवृद्धो मनीषिभिः Rv.1.52.3.

    • -भस्मन् Neuter camphor.

    • -भागा Name of a river in the south.

    • -भासः a sword; see चन्द्रहास.

    • -भूति Neuter silver.

    • -मणिः the moon-stone

    • -कान्ता

      1. a night.
      2. the wife of the moon.
      3. moonlight.

    • -कान्तिः Feminine moon-light. -Neuter silver.

    • -कुल्या Name of a river in Kashmir; अवतारयतस्तस्य चन्द्रकुल्याभिधां नदीम् Rāj. T.1.318.

    • -क्षयः the new-moon-day or the last day of a lunar month (अमा) when the moon is not visible.

    • -गृहम् the fourth sign of the zodiac, Cancer.

    • -गोलः the world of the moon, lunar sphere. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरथः a deceased progenitor, the manes.

    • -गोलिका moon-light.

    • -ग्रहणम् an eclipse of the moon.

    • -चन्चला a small fish.

    • -चूडः, -मौलिः, -शेखरः, -चूडामणिः epithets of Śiva; ('having the moon for his crest', 'moon-crested'); रहस्युपालभ्यत चन्द्र- शेखरः Ku.5.58,86; R.6.34; नखेन कस्य धन्यस्य चन्द्रचूडो भविष्यति Udb.

    • -दाराः (Masculine Plural) '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. -Feminine moon-light.

    • -नामन् Masculine camphor.

    • -निभ Adjective bright, handsome.

    • -निर्णिज् Adjective having a brilliant garment; पतरेव चचरा चन्द्रनिर्णिक् Rv.1.16.8.

    • -पञ्चागम् the luni-solar calendar.

    • -पादः a moon-beam; नियमितपरिखेदा तच्छिरश्चन्द्रपादैः Me. 7; Māl.3.12.

    • -प्रज्ञप्तिः Feminine Name of the sixth Upāṅga of the Jainas.

    • -प्रभा moon-light.

    • -प्रासादः An apartment at the house-top; Ks.

    • -व्रतम्

      1. a kind of vow or penance Equivalent to चान्द्रायण quod vide, which see
      2. a regal property or virtue.

    • -विहंगमः A kind of bird; Latin D. B.

    • -शाला

      1. a room on the top (of a house etc.); चन्द्रशाला शिरोगृहम् Amar.; वियद्गतः पुष्पकचन्द्रशालाः क्षणं प्रतिश्रुन्मुखराः करोति R.13.4.
      2. moonlight.

    • -शालिका a room on the top of a house.

    • -शिला the moon-stone; प्रह्लादिता चन्द्रशिलेव तूर्णम् Bk.11.15; ननु भणामि एषा सा चन्द्रमणिशिलेति Nāg.2.

    • -संज्ञः camphor.

    • -संभव Name of Budha or Mercury. (-वा) small cardamoms.

    • -सालोक्य attainment of the lunar heaven.

    • -हन् Masculine an epithet of Rāhu.

    • -मण्डलम्

      1. the orb or disc of the moon.
      2. the lunar sphere.
      3. a halo round the moon.

    • -मुखी a moon-faced (id est, that is lovely) woman.

    • -रेखा, -लेखा the digit or streak of the moon; अथवा रत्नाकराद् ऋते कुतश्चन्द्रलेखायाः प्रसूतिः Nāg.2.

    • -रेणुः a plagiarist.

    • -लोकः the world of the moon.

    • -लोहकम्, -लौहम्, -लौहकम् silver.

    • -वंशः the lunar race of kings, the second great line of royal dynasties in India.

    • -वदन Adjective a moon-faced.

    • -वल्ली, -वल्लरी The soma plant; Latin D. B.

    • -हासः

      1. a glittering sword.
      2. the sword of Rāvaṇa; हे पाणयः किमिति वाञ्छथ चन्द्रहासम् B. R.1.56,61.
      3. Name 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 Krisna and Arjuna when they came to the South in the course of their wanderings with the sacrificial horse.] (-सम्) silver.
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Headwords under च

Part 1 of 6 च – चपलायतेAll parts
  1. च – चपलायते
  2. चपेट – चाण्डम्
  3. चाण्डाल – चिति
  4. चितिका – चुल्
  5. चुलुक – च्यूत
  6. च्योतम् – च्यौत्न