ardhacandra (m)
Meanings
- an arrow the head of which is like a half-moon
- half-moon
- name of a constellation
- name of the Anusvāra (from its being written in the older Mss. in a semilunar form)
- the hand bent into a semicircle or the shape of a claw (as for the purpose of seizing anybody by the neck)
- the semi circular marks on a peacock's tail
- the semicircular scratch of the finger nail
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