caMdra a. [ caMw Ric rak ] Ved. 1 Glittering, bright, shining (as gold). 2 Lovely, beautiful. — draH 1 The moon: yaTA prahlAdanAccaMdraH R. 4. 12 ; hftacaMdrA tamaseva kOmudI 8. 37 ; na hi saMharate jyotsnAM cadraScAMqAlaveSmani H. 1. 61 ; muKa°, vadana° &c.; paryAptacaMdreva SarattriyAmA Ku. 7. 26 (for mythological account see soma ). 2 The moon, as a planet. 3 Campher; vilepanasyADikacaMdraBAgatAviBAvanAccApalalApa pAMqutAM 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. 10 A reddish kind of pearl. 11 The fifth lunar mansion. 12 The number ‘one’. (Used at the end of comp. caMdra means ‘excellent’, ‘eminent’, or ‘illustrious’; as puruzacaMdraH ‘a moon of men’, an excellent or illustrious man). — drA 1 Small ( pb ) cardamoms. 2 An open hall only furnished with a roof. 3 An awning, a canopy. Comp. — aMSuH 1 Viṣṇu. 2 a moon-beam. — arDaH the half moon; Pt. 4. °cUqAmaRiH , °moliH, °SeKaraH epithets of Śiva. — AtapaH 1 moon-light. 2 awning. 3 an open hall only furnished with a roof. — AtmajaH, -OrasaH, -jaH, -jAtaH , — tanayaH, -naMdanaH, -putraH the planet Mercury. — Anana a. moon-faced. — (naH) an epithet of Kārtikeya. — ApIqaH an epithet of Śiva. — ABAsaH ‘false moon’, an appearance in the sky resembling the real moon. — AhvayaH camphor. — izwA a lotus plant, or a collection of lotuses, blossoming during the night. — udayaH 1 moon-rise. 2 awning. 3 a mercurial preparation used in medicine. — (yA) a kind of medicine for the eyes. — upalaH the moon-stone. — kalA 1 a digit of the moon; rAhoScaMdrakalAmivAnanacarIM dEvAtsamAsAdya me Māl. 5. 28. 2 the crescent before or after the new moon. — kAMtaH, -mARiH the moonstone (supposed to ooze away under the influence of the moon); dravati ca hinaraSmAvudgate cadrakAMtaH U. 6. 12 ; Śi. 4. 58 ; Amaru. 57 ; Bh. 1. 21 ; Māl. 1. 24. — (taH -taM) the white eatable water-lily blossoming during the night. — (taM) sandal-wood. — kAMtA 1 a night. 2 the wife of the moon. 3 moon-light. — kAMtiH f. moon-light. ( — n. ) silver. — kzayaH the new-moon-day or the last day of a lunar month ( amA ) when the moon is not visible. — gfhaM the fourth sign of the zodiac, Cancer . — golaH the world of the moon, lunar sphere. °raTaH a deceased progenitor, the manes. — golikA moonlight. — grahaRaM an eclipse of the moon. — caM valA a small fish — cUqaH, -mOliH , SeKaraH, -cUqAmaRiH epithets of Śiva; (‘having the moon for his crest’, ‘moon-crested’); rahasyupAlaByata caMdraSeKaraH Ku. 5. 58 , 86 ; R. 6. 34. — dArAH ( m. pl. ) ‘the wives of the moon’, the 27 lunar mansions mythologically regarded as so many daughters of Dakṣa and married to the moon. — dyutiH sandal-wood. ( — f. ) moon-light. — nAman m. camphor. — niBa a. bright, handsome. — paMcAgaM the luni-solar calendar. ( pb ) — pAdaH a moon-beam; Me. 70 ; Māl. 3. 12. — praBA moon-light. — bAlA 1 large cardamoms. 2 moon-light. — biMdu the sign for the nasal ( ~ ). — Basman n. camphor. — BAgA N. of a river in the south. — BAsaH a sword; see caMdrahAsa . — BUti n. silver. — maRiH the moon-stone. — maMqalaM 1 the orb or disc of the moon. 2 the lunar sphere. 3 a halo round the moon. — muKI a moon-faced ( i. e. lovely) woman. — reKA, leKA the digit or streak of the moon. — reRuH a plagiarist. — lokaH the world of the moon. — lohakaM, -lOhaM, -lOhakaM silver. — vaMSaH the lunar race of kings, the second great line of royal dynasties in India. — vadana a. a moon-faced. — vrataM 1 a kind of vow or penance = cAMdrAyaRa q. v. 2 a regal property or virtue. — SAlA 1 a room on the top (of a house &c.); viyadgataH puzpakacaMdraSAlAH kzaRaM pratiSrunmuKarAH karoti R. 13. 40. 2 moonlight. — SAlikA a room on the top of a house. — SilA the moon-stone; Bk. 11. 15. — saMjYaH camphor. — saMBavaH N. of Budha or Mercury. — (vA) small cardamoms. — sAlokya attainment of the lunar heaven. — han m. an epithet of Rāhu. — hAsaH 1 a glittering sword. 2 the sword of Rāvaṇa; he pARayaH kimiti vAMCaTa caMdrahAsaM 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 Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna when they came to the South in the course of their wanderings with the sacrificial horse.] — (saM) silver.