As a deity name
Name 669 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
Nom. ˚yate, to become a sandal-tree
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "candanāya" is the dative of "candana" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
candanāya Nom. ˚yate, to become a sandal-tree, Cāṇ.; Subh.
candana m. n. sandal (Sirium myrtifolium, either the tree, wood, or the unctuous preparation of the wood held in high estimation as perfumes; hence ifc. a term for anything which is the most excellent of its kind g. vyāghrādi), Nir. xi, 5; MBh.; R. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Ragh. vi, 61)
candana m. N. of a divine being, Lalit. i, 93
Alternative readings
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