candra , ( 1 ) nt. (in Skt. only m. in this sense), moon : yathaiva candra … tārakai parivṛtaṃ (no v.l. ; read parī° m.c. ) LV 75.7 ( vs ); ( 2 ) (= Skt. Lex. id. ; Skt. candraka, Pali and AMg. candaka), spot or ‘eye’ on a peacockʼs tail : moracandrasamaiś candrair Laṅk 365.12 ( vs ), with (moon-shaped) spots like the eyes on a peacockʼs tail ; ( 3 ) n. of a former Buddha: Av i.81.1 ff. ; ( 4 ) n. of a young brahman who died and was reborn as a god: Av i.295.11 ; ( 5 ) n. of a prince: Mv iii.172.9 ff.