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13 results for ardhacandra

ardhacandra

m. half moon

ardhacandra

m. the semi circular marks on a peacock's tail

ardhacandra

m. the semicircular scratch of the finger nail

ardhacandra

m. an arrow, the head of which is like a half-moon

(see ardhacandra-mukha-and ardha candrāpama-below)

ardhacandra

m. the hand bent into a semicircle or the shape of a claw (as for the purpose of seizing anybody by the neck;generally accusative am-with1. dā-,to seize any one by his neck)

ardhacandra

m. Name of the anusvāra- (from its being written in the older manuscripts in a semilunar form)

ardhacandra

m. Name of a constellation

ardhacandra

mfn. crescent shaped, of a semilunar form

ardhacandrabhāgin

mfn. seized by the neck

ardhacandraka

m. (equals ardhacandra-) the hand bent into a semicircle for grasping any one's throat, in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' ( dattārdhacandraka dattārdhacandraka- mfn.) "seized at the throat"

ardhacandraka

n. the semilunar point of an arrow,

ardhacandrakuṇḍa

n. Name of a mystical figure of semilunar form

ardhacandramukha

mfn. (an arrow) the head of which is like a half-moon

Macdonell Search

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ardhacandra	m. half-moon; ar row with half-moon-shaped head; hollowed hand: -m dâ, seize by the throat; -ka, m. bent hand; -bhâgin, a. seized by the throat; -mu kha, a. having a half-moon-shaped point.

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ardhacandra	noun (masculine) an arrow the head of which is like a half-moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) half-moon name of a constellation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of the Anusvāra (from its being written in the older Mss. in a semilunar form) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the hand bent into a semicircle or the shape of a claw (as for the purpose of seizing anybody by the neck) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the semi circular marks on a peacock's tail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the semicircular scratch of the finger nail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 5969/72933

ardhacandra	adjective crescent shaped (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) of a semilunar form (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 32556/72933

ardhacandraka	adjective "seized at the throat" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) (describes a pearl of low quality) Frequency rank 44944/72933

ardhacandraka	noun (neuter) Halbkreis the semilunar point of an arrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 32557/72933

ardhacandraka	noun (masculine) the hand bent into a semicircle for grasping any one's throat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 44945/72933

Wordnet Search

"ardhacandra" has 4 results.


ardhacandra	karajam, kararuhaḥ, pāṇiḥ, nakhaḥ, nakharaḥ, ardhacandraḥ, ardhenduḥ prāṇināṃ hastasya pādasya vā aṅgulisamudāyaḥ। vyāghraḥ śaśakaṃ karajena hanti।
ardhacandra	ardhacandraḥ kamapi niṣkāsayituṃ tasya grīvāṃ paritaḥ hastasya sthitiḥ। cālakaḥ ardhacandraṃ kṛtvā madyapaṃ nirakāsayat।
ardhacandra	ardhacandraḥ nakhasya nistudanena jātaḥ vraṇaḥ। mātuḥ kapole ardhacandraḥ spaṣṭaṃ dṛśyate।
ardhacandra	ardhacandraḥ bāṇasya prakāraḥ। ardhacandrasya prahāreṇa yoddhā bhūmau apatat।

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