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caṇḍa

cáṇḍa mf(A, VarBṛS. lxviii, 92; I, R. ii; Vikr.; Ragh. &c.)n. (probably fr. candrá, ‘glowing’ with passion) fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

cáṇḍa mf(A)n. circumcised, [L.]

cáṇḍa m. N. of a mythical being (cáṇḍasya naptyás, ‘daughters of Caṇḍa’, a class of female demons, [AV. ii, 14, 1]), [AgP. xlii, 20]

Śiva or Bhairava, [MBh. xii, 10358]; [Śaṃkar. xxiii] (= sūrya), [SkandaP.]; [MBh. iii, 14631]

N. of a demon causing diseases, [Hariv. 9563]

of a Daitya, [12937]

of an attendant of Yama or of Śiva, [L.]

of one of the 7 clouds enveloping the earth at the deluge, [MatsyaP.]

= -cukrā, [L.]

cáṇḍa n. heat, [L.]

passion, wrath, [L.]