ardhêndu m. (-ardha-candra above) a half moon or crescent Naish
• the semicircular impression of a finger nail L
• an arrow with a crescentshaped head L
• the hand expanded in a semicircular from like a claw L
• the constellation also called ardhacandra (q.v.) VarBṛS
• (ardhênd) -mauli m. 'whose diadem is a half-moon, Śiva Megh. Bālar

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William