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    ardhacandra

    See also arddhacandra, arddhacandraḥ.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 52, col. 1.
    ardhacandra ardha-candra, m. 1. A

    half-moon, Rām. 3, 49, 35. — Cf. ardha

    -bhāṣara. 2. An arrow with a head

    like a half-moon, Rām. 3, 34, 30; cf.

    6, 36, 77. 3. The hand bent into a

    semicircle or the shape of a claw, as

    for the purpose of seizing or clutching

    any thing. ardhacandraṃ dā. To

    seize one by the neck, Pañc. 63, 24.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 42.
    ardhacandra m. half-moon, crescent.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 28, col. 1.
    ardhacandra ardha-candra, m. half-moon; arrow
    with half-moon-shaped head; hollowed
    hand: -ṃdā, seize by the throat; -ka, m. bent
    hand; -bhāgin, a. seized by the throat; -mu-
    -kha, a. having a half-moon-shaped point.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    ardha—candra m. half moon
    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    the semi circular marks on a peacock's tail, L.
    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    the semicircular scratch of the finger nail, L.
    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    an arrow, the head of which is like a half-moon, MBh.; R.; Kathās. (cf. ardhacandra-mukha and ardha candrāpama below)
    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    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. dā, to seize any one by his neck), Kathās.; Pañcat.; Vet.
    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    N. of the Anusvāra (from its being written in the older MSS. in a semilunar form), RāmatUp.
    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    N. of a constellation, VarBṛS.
    ☞ p. 92, col. 1.
    ardha—candra mfn. crescent shaped, of a semilunar form, Hcat.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 443.
    ardhacandra (a° + ca°)

    1) m.

    a) Halbmond H. an. 4, 238. R. 3, 49, 35. KUMĀRAS. 6, 75. KATHĀS. 25, 81. ardhacandrārdhabhāskare um Mittagszeit des 8ten Tages R. 3, 55, 33.

    — b) das Auge im Pfauenschwanze H. an. 4, 238.

    — c) die mit einem Fingernagel hervorgebrachte halbmondförmige Verletzung MED. r. 248.

    — d) ein Pfeil mit halbmondförmiger Spitze H. an. MED. r. 249. DRAUP. 9, 9. R. 3, 34, 30. 5, 39, 20. 6, 19, 50. 30, 18. 36, 116. 91, 118. KATHĀS. 6, 60. auch ardhacandropama R. 6, 36, 77; vgl. ardhacandramukhairvāṇaiḥ RAGH. 12, 96.

    — e) die zum Packen halbmondförmig gebogene Hand HĀR. 114. ardhacandraṃ dā (mit oder ohne gale) Jmd am Halse packen: tacchīgramardhacandro 'sya gale 'smindīyatām (BROCKH.: werft ihm rasch eine Schlinge um den Hals) KATHĀS. 6, 59. śṛgālāḥ sarve 'pyardhacandraṃ dattvā niḥsāritāḥ PAÑCAT. 63, 24. taddīyatāṃ drāgetasyārdhacandraḥ 218, 15. rajjubhirbaddhvārdhacandraṃ dattvā paścimadvāreṇa niṣkāśitavatī VET. 10, 11 (LASSENNone zieht es zu c). ardhacandrabhāgin der am Halse gepackt wird, zum Haus hinausgeworfen wird PAÑCAT. 29, 8. = galahasta TRIK. 3, 3, 327. H. an. 4, 238. MED. r. 249. tarjanyaṅguṣṭhavistāre galahastārdhacandrakau BALA beim Sch. zu NAIṢ. 6, 25.

    — 2) f. °ndrā N. einer Pflanze, Convolvulus Turpethum (kṛṣṇatrivṛt, vulg. kālateuḍī) AK. 2, 4, 3, 27. H. an. MED.

    — Vgl. ardhendu .

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1049.
    ardhacandra

    1)

    a) Ind. St. 8, 292.

    — e) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 86,a,27. 202,a,42. ardhacandraka 2. Z. 3 lies cchīghrama° .

    — f) Bez. des Anusvāra WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 334.

    — g) in der Astrol. Bez. einer best. Constellation, wenn nämlich alle Planeten in den Häusern 2 bis 8, 3 bis 9, 5 bis 11, 6 bis 12, 8 bis 2, 9 bis 3, 11 bis 5 oder 12 bis 6 stehen, VARĀH. BṚH. 12, 8.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 113, col. 2.
    ardhacandra

    — 1) m.

    — a) Halbmond.

    — b) *das Auge im Pfauenschwanz.

    — c) *eine mit einem Fingernagel hervorgebrachte halbmondförmige Verletzung.

    — d) Pfeil mit halbmondförmiger Spitze.

    — e) die zum Packen halbmondförmig gegebene Hand. °candraṃdā Jmd am Halse packen.

    — f) Bez. Anusvāra.

    — g) eine best. Constellation.

    — 2) *f. ā Convolvulus Turpethum.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 28, col. 2.
    ardhacandra m. Halbmond.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 67, col. 2.
    ardhacandra Adj. halbmondförmig, Hemādri 2, a, 61, 3. 11.
    ☞ p. 67, col. 2.
    ardhacandra m. °halbmondförmige Verzierung an der Rüstung des Elefanten, S I, 582, 4; *eine Art Nägelmal, H 41, 29; 43, 177; 44, 33; 49, 39; V 117; E 417 (P). 486 (R, A).

    — *eye in the plume of a peacock, Vās. 89, 1.

    — °half-moon on a shield, Harṣac. 121, 13.

    — °Torbogenschmuck, Haravijaya 30, 92; 32, 19. [Z.]

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 54.
    ardhacandra;
    ardhacandrakṣuraprādi dhārāgraṃ mukhamucyate .
    2.1.1.469

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 67, col. 1.
    ardhacandra , m. (? or nt.; in Skt. half-moon, crescent,

    etc.), (1) a kind of (presumably crescent-shaped) personal

    ornament (also °draka, q.v.): LV 201.19; Mv ii.317.7

    (here hung on the bodhi-tree); (2) as in Skt. acc. to Schmidt,

    Nachtr., s.v., from Haravijaya, a (crescent-shaped) de-

    coration on a building (Schmidt Torbogenschmuck): Gv

    167.16 °drā(ḥ), n. pl.; 154.4, 202.23 (all prose).

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 27.
    ardha-candra (SITI), literally, ‘half-moon’; a part of

    the tiruvāśi; a variety of ornament.

    (SII 2), the arch of an aureola.

    Mahābhārata Cultural Index

    ☞ p. 90, col. 2.
    Ardhacandra m.: Name of a vyūha,

    or mahāvyūha 6. 52. 10; 6. 52. 18; 8. 7. 32.

    (1) On the third day of the war Arjuna,

    in consultation with Dhṛṣṭadyumna, made

    use of this vyūha to counter the Garuḍa-

    vyūha of the Kauravas (6. 52. 2); Bhīma-

    sena, surrounded by different kings, formed

    the right horn (dakṣiṇa śṛṅga) of the vyūha;

    behind him stood Virāṭa and Drupada, follo-

    wed by Nīla; behind Nīla was stationed

    Dhṛṣṭaketu, surrounded by the Cedis, the

    Kāśis, the Karūṣas and the Pauravas; in the

    middle of the vyūha stood Dhṛṣṭadyumna,

    Śikhaṇḍin, the Pāñcālas, and the Prabhadrakas,

    ready to fight; Dharmarāja, surrounded by

    the army of the elephants also stood there;

    so also Sātyaki and the five sons of Drau-

    padī; they were immediately followed by

    Abhimanyu and Irāvant; then came Ghaṭo-

    tkaca, the son of Bhīmasena, and the great

    warriors Kekayas; on the left side of the vyūha

    stood Arjuna protected by Janārdana 6. 52.

    10-18. (2) On the fifteenth day of the

    war, Arjuna arranged the Pāṇḍava army

    according to the Ardhacandravyūha (8. 7.

    27) to counter the Makaravyūha (8. 7. 14)

    of the Kaurava army arranged by Karṇa;

    Bhīma was stationed on the left, Dhṛṣṭa-

    dyumna on the right side; in the middle stood

    Arjuna; Nakula, Sahadeva and Dharmarāja

    were posted at the back; Yudhāmanyu and

    Uttamaujas, the two Pāñcāla heroes, acted

    as the wheel-protectors of Arjuna; the rest

    of the kings took positions in keeping with

    their dispositions, energy and mettle (yathā-

    bhāvaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathāsattvaṃ ca) 8. 7.

    28-32; viewing this arrangement Yudhiṣṭhira

    felt confident of victory 8. 7. 34. [See

    Candrārdha].

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.