चन्द्र

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃən.d̪ɾᵊ/, [t͡ʃɐ̃n̪.d̪ɾᵊ]

चन्द्र • (candra) m

1. Alternative spelling of चंद्र (candra)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra).

चन्द्र • (candr) (Latin script chandr, Kannada script ಚನ್ದ್ರ)

1. the Moon

चन्द्र • (candra) m

1. Alternative spelling of चंद्र (candra)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra).

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌn̪d̪rʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चन्द्र

चन्द्र • (candra)

1. (astronomy) moon

   Synonyms: चन्द्रमा (candramā), जून (jūna)

• “चन्द्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चन्द्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)ćandrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)čandrás, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand-. Doublet of श्चन्द्र (ścandrá, “shining, radiant”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros, “charcoal”), Latin candeō, Old Armenian խանդ (xand).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐn.dɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐn̪.d̪ɾɐ/

चन्द्र • (candrá) stem

1. glittering, shining (as gold), having the brilliancy or hue of light (said of gods, of water and of soma)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.9:

     मा नो॑ हिंसीज्जनि॒ता यः पृ॑थि॒व्या यो वा॒ दिवं॑ स॒त्यध॑र्मा ज॒जान॑।
     यश्चा॒पश्चन्द्रा बृ॑ह॒तीर्ज॒जान॒ कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम॥

     mā́ no hiṃsījjanitā́ yáḥ pṛthivyā́ yó vā dívaṃ satyádharmā jajā́na.
     yáścāpáścándrā́ bṛhatī́rjajā́na kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema.

चन्द्र • (candrá) stem, m

1. the moon (also personified as a deity)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.24.10:

     अ॒मी य ऋक्षा॒ निहि॑तास उ॒च्चा नक्तं॒ ददृ॑श्रे॒ कुह॑ चि॒द्दिवे॑युः।
     अद॑ब्धानि॒ वरु॑णस्य व्र॒तानि॑ वि॒चाक॑शच्चन्द्रमा॒ नक्त॑मेति॥

     amī́ yá ṛ́kṣā níhitāsa uccā́ náktaṃ dádṛśre kúha ciddíveyuḥ.
     ádabdhāni váruṇasya vratā́ni vicā́kaśaccandramā náktameti.

     These constellations pluralised on high, which are visible by night, and go elsewhere by day, are the undisturbed holy acts of Varuṇa and by his command the moon moves resplendent by night.

   पार्थिवचन्द्र (pārthiva-candra) or नरेन्द्रचन्द्र (narendra-candra) — a most excellent king

2. the number "one"
3. a lovely or agreeable phenomenon of any kind
4. a spot similar to the moon
5. the eye in a peacock's tail
6. the mark of the visarga
7. a kind of reddish pearl
8. camphor
9. water
10. the काम्पिल्ल (kāmpilla) plant
11. (prosody) a metre of 4×19 syllables
12. name of a daitya (= चन्द्रवर्मन् (candra-varman), king of the kāmbojas)
13. name of a son of Kṛṣṇa
14. name of a son of विश्वगन्धि (viśva-gandhi) and father of युवनाश्व (yuvanāśva)
15. name of a grammarian (= चन्द्रगोमिन् (candra-gomin))
16. name of a king
17. name of one of the ancestors of the गौड (gauḍa) Brahmins
18. name of several other men
19. name one of the 18 minor dvīpas
20. = चन्द्रपर्वत (candra-parvata)

• सूर्य (sū́rya, “sun”)

• चन्द्रिका (candrikā)
• रामचन्द्र (rāmacandra)

• चण्ड (cáṇḍa)
• चण्डिमन् (caṇḍiman)

• मास (mā́sa)
• सोम (sóma)

चन्द्र • (candrá) stem, n

1. gold
   • RV 2.2.4c

     तमुक्षमाणं रजसि सव आ दमे चन्द्रमिव सुरुचं हवार आ दधुः |

     पर्श्न्याः पतरं चितयन्तमक्षभिः पाथो न पायुं जनसी उभे अनु ||

     tamukṣamāṇaṃ rajasi sva ā dame candramiva surucaṃ hvāra ā dadhuḥ |

     pṛśnyāḥ pataraṃ citayantamakṣabhiḥ pātho na pāyuṃ janasī ubhe anu ||

     Him have they set in his own dwelling, in the vault, like the gold waxing, fulgent, in the realm of air.

     Bird of the firmament, observant with his eyes, guard of the place as'twere, looking to Gods and men.

2. a kind of sour rice-gruel
3. name of a sāman
4. cardamoms
5. Cocculus cordifolius (गुडूची (guḍūcī))
6. = चन्द्रास्पदा (candrā-spadā)
7. name of a river

• Monier Williams (1899) “चन्द्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 386.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 528-529