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caṇḍā

cáṇḍā f. (g. bahv-ādi), N. of Durgā (esp. as incarnation for the purpose of destroying the Asura Mahiṣa, this exploit forming the subject of the [Devīm.] and being particularly celebrated in Bengāl at the Durgāpūjā about Oct. Nov.), [MBh. vi, 797]; [Hariv. 10245]

N. of one of the 8 Nāyikās or Saktis of Durgā, [BrahmaP.]; [DevīP.]

N. of an attendant of the 12th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]

of a river, [L.]

of a plant (Andropogon aciculatus, [L.]; Mucuna pruritus, [L.]; Salvinia cucullata, [L.]; white Dūrvā grass, [L.]; liṅginī, [L.]), [Suśr. i], [iv]; [vi, 51]

a kind of perfume (commonly Chor), [L.]