m.in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' "the moon of" id est the most excellent among (exempli gratia, 'for example'pārthiva--[ gaRavyāghrādi- ]or narendra--[ ],"a most excellent king")
m. "moon-protected", Name of a renowned king (or reigning at pāṭali-putra- about 315 B.C. as the founder of a new dynasty;installed by the Brahman cāṇakya- after causing the death of nanda-) Va1rtt. 7
m. "moon-loved", the moon-stone (a gem supposed to be formed from the congelation of the moon's rays and to dissolve under the influence of its light) etc.
m. the lunar race of kings (2nd great line of royal dynasties, the progenitor of which was soma- the Moon, child of the ṛṣi-atri- and father of budha- [Mercury seecandra-ja-];the latter married iḷā-, daughter of the solar king ikṣvāku-, 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 that of yadu- was born kṛṣṇa- and bala-rāma-;in that of puru- came duṣyanta-, hero of the śakuntalā- and father of the great bharata-; 9th from bharata- came kuru-, and 14th 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 dhṛtarāṣṭra- and pāṇḍu-, the wars of whose sons form the subject of the ) (seesūrya-v-.)
m. the hand bent into a semicircle or the shape of a claw (as for the purpose of seizing anybody by the neck;generally accusativeam-with1. dā-,to seize any one by his neck)
m. (equalsardhacandra-) the hand bent into a semicircle for grasping any one's throat, in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' ( dattārdhacandrakadattārdhacandraka-mfn.) "seized at the throat"
m.Name of the 28th king of the solar dynasty in the tretā- age (he was son of tri-śaṅku-, and was celebrated for his piety; according to to the mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa- he gave up his country, his wife and his son, and finally himself, to satisfy the demands of viśvāmitra-;after enduring incredible sufferings, he won the pity of the gods and was raised with his subjects to heaven : according to to , his performance of the rāja-sūya- sacrifice was the cause of his elevation, and in the aitareya-brāhmaṇa- quite another legend is told about himSee under śunaḥśepa-, : in later legends hari-ścandra- is represented as insidiously induced by nārada- to relate his actions with unbecoming pride, whereupon he was degraded from svarga-, one stage at each sentence, till stopping in time and doing homage to the gods he was fixed with his capital in mid-air;his aerial city is popularly believed to be still visible in the skies at particular times; seesaubha-) etc.
m.Name of 8 Jain sūri-s (1. predecessor of the famous abhaya-deva-, author of saṃvega-raṅga-śālā-prakaraṇa-; 2. A.D.1141-67, 3. 1270-1320; 4. died 1359; 5. 1431-74; 6. 1539-1614; 7. died 1707; 8. 1753-1800).
m. " rāma-s-moon", Name of the principal rāma- called dāśarathi-, as son of daśa-ratha-, and rāghava-, as descended from raghu- (although the affix candra-seems to connect him with the moon, he is not, like kṛṣṇa- and bala--ra1ma, of the lunar but of the solar race of kings;he forms the 7th avatāra- of viṣṇu- and is the hero of the rāmāyaṇa-, who, to recover his faithful wife sītā-, advanced southwards, killed the demon rāvaṇa- and subjugated his followers the rākṣasa-s, the poetical representatives of the barbarous aborigines of the south) ()
m. rule of the moon on a bough (a phrase denoting that an object seen or matter discussed has its position or relation assigned to it merely from theappearanceof contiguity)
चन्द्र a. [चन्द् णिच् रक्] Ved. 1 Glittering, bright, shining (as gold). -2 Lovely, beautiful. -न्द्रः 1 The moon; यथा प्रह्लादनाच्चन्द्रः R.4.12; हृतचन्द्रा तमसेव कौमुदी 8. 37; न हि संहरते ज्योत्स्नां चन्द्रश्चाण्डालवेश्मनि H.1.61; मुख˚, वदन˚ &e.; पर्याप्तचन्द्रेव शरत्त्रियामा Ku.7.26 (for mythological account see सोम). -2 The moon, as a planet. -3 Camphor; विलेपनस्याधिकचन्द्रभागताविभावनाच्चापललाप पाण्डुताम् 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. -1 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). -न्द्रा 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, ˚मौलिः, ˚शेखरः 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. -आदित्यौ 1 The moon and the sun. -2 N. of curls on the forehead of a horse; चन्द्रादित्यौ ललाटस्थौ नृपाणां जयवर्धनौ Śālihotra of Bhoja 25. -आनन a. moon-faced. (-नः) an epithet of Kārtikeya. -आपीडः an epithet of Śiva. -आभासः 'false moon', an appearance in the sky reembling 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; राहोश्चन्द्रकलामिवाननचरीं दैवात्समासाद्य मे Māl.5.28. -2 the crescent before or after the new moon. -3 A cattle-drum. -4 A kind of fish; L. D. B. -कान्तः, -मणिः the moon-stone (supposed to ooze away under the influence of the moon); द्रवति च हिमश्मावुद्गते चन्द्रकान्तः U.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. -कान्ता 1 a night. -2 the wife of the moon. -3 moonlight. -कान्तिः f. moon-light. -n. silver. -कुल्या N. 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. ˚रथः 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 (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. -निर्णिज् a. 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 f. N. of the sixth Upāṅga of the Jainas. -प्रभा moon-light. -प्रासादः An apartment at the house-top; Ks. -बाला 1 large cardamoms. -2 moon-light. -बिन्दु the sign for the nasal () -बुध्न a. having a bright standing ground; चन्द्रबुध्नो मदवृद्धो मनीषिभिः Rv.1.52.3. -भस्मन् n. camphor. -भागा N. of a river in the south. -भासः a sword; see चन्द्रहास. -भूति n. silver. -मणिः the moon-stone -मण्डलम् 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; 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 a. a moon-faced. -वल्ली, -वल्लरी The soma plant; L. D. B. -व्रतम् 1 a kind of vow or penance = चान्द्रायण q. v. -2 a regal property or virtue. -विहंगमः A kind of bird; L. D. B. -शाला 1 a room on the top (of a house &c.); 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 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 वाञ्छथ चन्द्रहासम् 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 Krisna and Arjuna when they came to the South in the course of their wanderings with the sacrificial horse.] (-सम्) silver.
चन्द्रकः 1 The moon. -2 The eye in a peacock's tail. -3 A finger-nail. -4 A circle of the moon's shape (formed by a drop of oil thrown into water). -कम् Black pepper.
हरिश्चन्द्रः N. of a king of the solar dynasty. [He was the son of Triśaṅku and was famous for his liberality, probity, and unflinching adherence to truth. On one occasion his family-priest Vasiṣṭha commended his qualities in the presence of Viśvāmitra, who refused to believe them. A quarrel thereupon ensued, and it was at last decided that Viśvāmitra should himself test the king. The sage accordingly subjected him to the most crucial test with a view to see if he could not be but once made to swerve from his plighted word. The king, however, stood the test with exemplary courage, adhering to his word though he had to forego the kingdom, to sell off his wife and son, and at last, even his own self to a low-caste man, and-as the last test, as it were, of his truthfulness and courage--to be even ready to put his own wife to death as a witch! Viśāmitra thereupon acknowledged himself vanquished, and the worthy king was elevated along with his subjects to heaven.]
a. shining, bright; lovely; m. moon (also as a deity); --°ree; =chief among --; N.; n. gold: a-ka, m. (--°ree; a. ikâ) moon; eye in a peacock's tail; N.; -kalâ, f. sixteenth part of the moon's disc (as seen on the day before or after new moon); -kânta, a. lovely as the moon; m. moon-stone (a fabulous gem formed of the congealed rays of the moon, glittering & exuding cool moisture in moon light only): -mani-maya,a. made of moon stone, -maya, a. id.
f. N. of a river; -ketu, m. N.; -kshaya, m. new moon; -gup ta, m. N. of various kings, esp. the Sandro kottos who flourished about 300 b. c.: -ka, m. id.; -kûda, a. moon-crested, ep. of Siva; -kûdâmani, m. T. of a work; -tva, n. likeness to the moon; -deva, m. N. of a Brâhman; -pâda, m. moon-beam; -pura, n. N. of a town; -prabha, m., â, f. N.; -prâsâda, m. room on the roof; -bimba, n. disc of the moon: -maya, a. consisting of moon-discs; -bhâgâ, f. N. of a river; -mandala, n. moon-disc; -maya, a. (î) being altogether moon; (á)-mas, m. moon; moon-god (represented as a Dânava or as one of the eight Vasus); -mâsa, m. lunar month; -mukuta, m. (moon-crested), ep. of Siva; -mukha, m. N.; mauli, -maulin, m. (moon crested), ep. of Siva.
m. N.; -rekhâ, f. crescent; -lalâta, a. having a moon on the forehead, ep. of Siva; -lâ, f. N.; -lekhâ, f. crescent; N.; -vamsa, m. the (royal) lunar race; -vat, a. moonlit: -î, f. N.; -vapus,a. lovely as the moon; (á)-varna, a. bright hued; -sâlâ, f. room on the roof; -subhra, a. moonlit; -sekhara, m. (moon-crested), ep. of Siva; N.; -srî, f. N.; -samgña, m. camphor; -saras, n. N. of a fabulous lake; -sâra, m. N.; -simha, m. N. of a prince; -svâmin, m. N.; -hâsa, m. (moon laugh=gleam), sword; Râvana's sword.
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.
m. autumnal moon (parinata-, full --); -kandrikâ, f. autumn moonlight (parinata-, a. f. having autumnal full-moonlight); -khâli, m. autumnal rice (sâli).
a. having a yellow or golden lustre (Soma, RV.1); m. N. of a king of the race of Ikshvâku; in E. a son of Trisa&ndot;ku, who having been elevated with his subjects to heaven and expelled thence owing to his pride, remained suspended in mid-air with his city (Saubha); (hári)-smasâru, a. having a tawny beard (RV.1); -smasru, a. id. (E.); -simha, m. N. of a king; -soma, m. N.; -svâmin, m. N.; -hadaukasa, m. N.; -haya, a. having tawny steeds, ep. of Indra; -hara, m. sg. Vishnu and Siva in one person; du. or °ree;--, Vishnu and Siva; N. of various men: -kathâ, f. discourse about Vishnu and Siva; -heti, f. Indra's weapon, rainbow; Vishnu's weapon, discus: -mat, a. adorned with a rainbow, -hûti, m. (called after the discus or kakra), the Kakravâka or ruddy goose (Anas casarca).
Are the names of the * moon,’ the latter occurring from the Rigveda onwards, but the former being first used in this sense by the Atharvaveda. Very little is said about the moon in Vedic literature, except -as identified with Soma,3 both alike being described as waxing and waning. Reference is, however, made to the regular changes of the moon, and to its alternation with the sun,[1] to which it, as Soma, is declared in the Rigveda to be married.[2] Mention is also made of its disappearance at the time of new moon,[3] and of its birth from the light of the sun.8 In the Atharvaveda9 reference is made to demons eclipsing the moon (grahās cāndramāsāh). For the phases of the moon, and the month as a measure of time, see Māsa. For the moon and its mansions, see Naksatra.
(‘Descendant of Vedhas’) Aikṣvāka (‘descendant of Ikṣvāku’) is the name of a probably mythical king whose rash vow to offer up his son Rohita to Varuna is the source of the tale of śunahśepa in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa and the śāñkhāyana śrauta Sūtra.
yat te tapas (tejas, 'rcis, śocis, and haras) tena taṃ prati tapa (tena tam atejasaṃ kuru, tena taṃ praty arca, tena taṃ prati śoca, and tena taṃ prati hara) yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ AVś.2.22.1--5.
noun (masculine) a kind of reddish pearl
a lovely or agreeable phenomenon of any kind
a metre of 4 x 19 syllables
a spot similar to the moon
camphor
das linke Nasenloch (iḍā)
name of a Daitya
name of a grammarian
name of a king
name of a son of Kṛṣṇa
name of a son of Viśva~gandhi and father of Yuvanāśva
name of one of the ancestors of the Gauḍa Brāhmans
name of several other men
one of the 18 minor Dvipas
silver
the eye in a peacock's tail
the Kāmpilla plant
the mark of the Visarga
the moon
the most excellent among
the number "one"
water
a defect in talc
vajra
silver (Ḍhuṇḍhukanātha (2000), 47) Frequency rank 420/72933
noun (masculine) a form of Bhairava
name of a hero of Kālikā
name of a prince
name of an author (son of Śri~bhaṭṭapuruṣottama) Frequency rank 34887/72933
noun (masculine) a glittering scimitar
another name of the Tīrtha Somatīrtha
name of a hero of Kālikā
name of a prince
Rāvaṇa's sword Frequency rank 14881/72933
noun (masculine) a circle or ring shaped like the moon
a finger-nail
a spot similar to the moon (?)
mondähnliche Flecken
name of a fish
the eye in a peacock's tail
the moon
candrikā Frequency rank 9598/72933
noun (feminine) (in music) a kind of measure
a digit or 1/16 of the moon's disc (each digit is personified as a female divinity)
a kind of drum
name of a drama
the crescent on the day before or after the new moon
the fish Pimelodus Vacha
the mark of a finger-nail resembling the crescent before or after new moon
a kind of alchemical preparation Frequency rank 34884/72933
noun (masculine) name of a hero of Kālikā
name of a prince (emissary of king Śūdrika)
name of a prince of Cakora (slain by an emissary of king Śūdraka)
name of a son of Lakṣmaṇa
name of a Vidyādhara
name of several other men Frequency rank 17897/72933
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of bell capital
name of a mountain
the moon-stone (a gem supposed to be formed from the congelation of the moon's rays and to dissolve under the influence of its light)
the white eatable water-lily (blossoming during night) Frequency rank 9170/72933
noun (feminine) a digit of the moon
a metre of 4 x 13 syllables
a metre of 4 x 15 syllables
name of a daughter of the Nāga
name of a princess (whose teacher was Bilhaṇa)
name of Kṣema~gupta's wife
name of two other women
Serratula anthelminthica Frequency rank 17898/72933
noun (masculine) name of a horse of the man they later called Ilā
name of a king
name of a Yakṣa
name of an Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī
name of several other persons Frequency rank 27968/72933
noun (feminine) name of a daughter of Sunābha and wife of Gada
name of a princess
name of a town
name of several other women
name of the wife of a potter Frequency rank 52064/72933
noun (masculine) name of a minister
name of a mountain
name of a prince
name of the author of the play Madhurāniruddha
name of an alchemical preparation Frequency rank 13494/72933
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))
noun (masculine) name of the principal Rāma called Dāśarathi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various kings and authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a particular Samādhi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Bodhisattva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Devagandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Ficus Indica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Hemacandra and father of Dhūmrāśva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Siṃhikā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various kings (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Ṛṣi
name of the 28th king of the solar dynasty in the Tretā age (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a celebrated Jaina author (pupil of Devacandra Sūri and teacher of king) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (son of Viśāla) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an alchemist Frequency rank 22777/72933
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