Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 388) candraka, m. the moon, Mālav. v, 7 (ifc. f. ikā); a circle or ring shaped like the moon, Śiś. v, 40; a spot similar to the moon, R. v, 42, 3 and 5; Suśr. (ifc. f. ikā); Rājat. iii, 382 (?); the eye in a peacock’s tail, Gīt. ii, 3; Rājat. i, 260; a finger-nail, L.; N. of a fish (v.l. -daka L.), Suśr. i, 46, 2, 62; N. of a poet, Kshem.; Rājat. ii, 16; of an owl, MBh. xii, 4944; n. black pepper, L.; (ikā), f. moonlight, Megh.; Ragh.; Bhartṛ. &c.; ifc. splendour, Vcar. v, 37; ifc. illumination, elucidation (of a work or subject, e. g. alaṃkāra-, kātantra-, &c.); N. of a Comm. on Kāvyād.; "moonshine", baldness, Gal.; the Chanda fish, L.; cardamoms, L.; = candraśūra, Bhpr.; Gynandropsis pentaphylla, L.; Jasminum Zambac, L.; Trigonella foenum graecum; a kind of white-blossoming Kaṇṭakārī, L.; the Utpalini metre; (in music) a kind of measure; N. of Dākshāyaṇi, MatsyaP. xiii; of a woman, Mālav. iv, 6/7; of a Surāṅganā, Siṃhās.; of the Candra-bhāgā river, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1184) sarpagandhā, f. the ichneumon plant, L.
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