As a deity name
Name 139 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
चंद्रभागा · feminine
Chenab (a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चन्द्रभागा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
candra—bhāgā f. (g. bahv-ādi) the river Chenab (in the Pañjāb), MBh.; BhP. v, 19, 18; Rājat.; Hit. (cf. cāndr˚)
candrabhāgā f. (-gā-gī) The name of a river, the Chinab, one of the five streams of the Punjab. E. candrabhāga the name of a mountain, part of the Himāla range, where the river is said to have its source, affix of derivation aṇ, hence also it may be read cāndrabhāgā-gī.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the river Chenab (in the Pañjāb), (cf. cāndr˚)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "candrabhāgā" is the feminine form of "candrabhāga" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
candra—bhāgā f. (g. bahv-ādi) the river Chenab (in the Pañjāb), MBh.; BhP. v, 19, 18; Rājat.; Hit. (cf. cāndr˚)
candrabhāgā f. (-gā-gī) The name of a river, the Chinab, one of the five streams of the Punjab. E. candrabhāga the name of a mountain, part of the Himāla range, where the river is said to have its source, affix of derivation aṇ, hence also it may be read cāndrabhāgā-gī.
candra—bhāga m. ‘N. of a man’, see cāndrabhāgi
of a mountain, KālP.
Alternative readings
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