○candana-lipta mfn. half rubbed with sandal MBh. xiii, 888. candra, in. half moon
• the semi circular marks on a peacock's tail L
• the semicircular scratch of the finger nail L
• an arrow, the head of which is like a half-moon MBh. R. Kathās. (cf. ardhacandra-mukha and ardha candrâpama below)
• the hand bent into a semicircle or the shape of a claw (as for the purpose of seizing anybody by the neck
• generally acc. ○am with √1. da, to seize any one by his neck) Kathās. Pañcat. Vet
• N. of the Anusvāra (from its being written in the older MSS. in a semilunar form) RāmatUp
• N. of a constellation VarBṛS
• (ā), f. the plant Convolvulus Torpethum
• (mfn.) crescent shaped, of a semilunar form Hcat
• (ardbacandra) -kuṇḍa n. N. of a mystical figure of semilunar form
• -bhāgin mfn. seized by the neck
• mukha mfn. (an arrow) the head of which is like a half-moon Ragh xii, 96
• ardhacandrâkāra or ardhacandrâ kṛta mfn. half moon shaped, crescent shaped, ardhacandrôpama mfn. 'like a half-moon', of semilunar form (said of an arrow, the head of which is like a half moon) R

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William