As a deity name
Name 640 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
चंद्र · masculine
Chandra, the moon-god, associated with night, light, and mental activity.
चंद्र · masculine
the Moon; the chandra diacritic, "ॅ"
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चन्द्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra). Doublet of चाँद (cā̃d).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
candra mf(ā)n. (fr. ścandra, q.v.) glittering, shining (as gold), having the brilliancy or hue of light (said of gods, of water [RV. x, 121, 9; TS. vi] and of Soma), RV.; VS.; TS. vi; TBr. i
candra m. the moon (also personified as a deity, Mn. &c.), VS.; ŚBr. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , MBh. ix; R. &c.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the Moon (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चन्द्र; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
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