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ardhacandra

ardha—candra m. 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 candrāpama 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. dā, 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.]

ardha—candra mfn. crescent shaped, of a semilunar form, [Hcat.]