masculine · canda 1 · canda 2
moon
Canda [Vedic candra from °(s)quend to be light or glowing, cf. candana sandal (incense) wood, Greek κάηδαρος cinder; Latin candeo, candidus, incendo; Cymr. cann white; English candid, candle, incense, cinder] the moon (i.e. the shiner) S I 196; II 206; M II 104; A I 227, II 139 f.; III 34; Dhp 413; Snp 465, 569, 1016; Ja III 52; VI 232; Pv I 12 7 ; II 6 6 ; Vv 64 7 (maṇi° a shiny jewel {262} or a moonlike jewel, see Vv-a 278, v.l. °sanda). — puṇṇa° the full moon Ja I 149, 267; V 215; °mukha with a face like a full moon (of the Buddha) Dhp-a III 171. Canda is extremely frequent in similes and comparisons: see list in JPTS 1907, 85 f. In enumerations of heavenly bodies or divine beings canda always precedes suriya (the sun), e.g. D II 259; A I 215; II 139; Nidd II §308 (under devatā). Cf. candimant. On quāsi mythological etymology see Vism 418. {234} -kanta a gem Miln 118; - (g)gāha a moon-eclipse (literal seizure, i.e. by Rāhu) D I 10 (cf. Sv I 95); -maṇḍala the moon's disc, the shiny disc, i.e. the moon A I 283; Ja I 253; III 55; IV 378; V 123; Dhs 617; Vism 216 (in comparison); Pv-a 65; -suriyā (plural) sun and moon Ja IV 61.
the moon; the moon deva, canda
【陽】 月亮。~ggāha,【陽】 月蝕。~maṇdala,【中】 圓月。
(masc, masc) moon moon Construction: √cand + a
(masc, masc) name of the moon deity name of the moon deity Construction: √cand + a