चन्द्र

Monier-Williams · candra
candrá mf(ā)n. (fr. ścandrá, q.v.) glittering, shining (as gold), having the brilliancy or hue of light (said of gods, of water [ x, 121, 9 vi] and of Soma) vi i ‖ m. the moon (also personified as a deity &c.) &c. (ifc. f. ā ix &c.) ‖ ifc. 'the moon of', i.e. the most excellent among (e.g. pārthiva- [g. vyāghrâdi ] or narêndra- [ i, 4]', a most excellent king') ‖ the number 'one' ‖ a lovely or agreeable phenomenon of any kind ‖ a spot similar to the moon iv, 15, 17 ‖ the eye in a peacock's tail ‖ the mark of the Visarga, Tantr ‖ a kind of reddish pearl ‖ camphor xxxv,