As a deity name
Name 740 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
चंद · feminine,masculine
a surname, Chand, from Sanskrit
चंद · masculine
moon
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चन्द — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द (canda).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
canda m. (for ˚dra) the moon, L.
N. of the author of the work Pṛthivi-rāja-rāsaka.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
moon (a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit)
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