arddhacandra
See also
arddhacandraḥ,
ardhacandra.
Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 71.
arddhacandra m. (
-ndraḥ)
1 A crescent or half moon.
2 The hand bent into a semicircle or the shape of a claw, as for the purpose of seizing or clutching any thing.
3 The semicircular marks on a peacock's tail.
4 An arrow, with a head like a crescent.
5 The semicircular scratch of the finger nail. f. (-ndrā) A plant, vulgarly Teori, the black kind.
E. arddha half, and candra moon, or with kan added arddhacandrakaḥ.
Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 55, col. 1.
arddha-candra (ndraḥ) m. A crescent.
Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 58, col. 2.
arddhacandra m. (-ndraḥ)
1. A crescent or half moon.
2. The hand bent into a
semicircle or the shape of a claw, as for the purpose of seizing or
clutching any thing.
3. The semicircular marks on a peacock's
tail.
4. An arrow, with a head like a crescent.
5. The semicircular
scratch of the finger nail.
f. (-ndrā) A plant, vulgarly Teori, the
black kind.
E. arddha half, and candra moon, or
with kan added arddhacandrakaḥ.
Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum
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p. 19, col. 1.
arddhacandra m. (e praec. et
candra m. luna) 1) semiplena luna.
2) sagitta, cujus acumen semiplenae lunae formam ha-
bet. DR. 9. 9.
Vācaspatyam
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p. 374, col. 2.
arddhacandra pu0 arddhaṃ candrasya eka0 ta0 . 1 candrasyārddhe, tadākāre-
2 nakhakṣate, 3 galahaste, 4 vāṇabhede, “rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā-
arddhacandrārddhabhāskarā” mahānā0 “sārddhacandraṃ bibhartti
yaḥ” kumā0 “arddhacandramukhairvāṇaiściccheda kadalīsukham”
raghuḥ “śṛgālāḥ sarvve gale'rddha candraṃ dattvā nissāritāḥ” .
“taddīyatāṃ drāgetasyārddhacandraḥ” iti ca pañca0 ta0 . gala-
hastastu tarjjanyaṅguṣṭhavistārarūpā hastasanniveśaviśeṣa-
mudrā . (teoḍīti) khyātāyāṃ 5 trivṛti strīṇāṃ 6 tilaka-
bhede ca . strī . svārthe kan . hrasve ataittve . arddhaca-
ndrikā 1 karṇasphoṭalatāyāṃ 2 citraparṇyāñca .