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Chandrayana

Chandrayana proper noun: a vrata regulated by the Moon, in which the food diminishes every day by one mouthful during the dark fortnight, and similarly increases during the light fortnight.

Proper noun

Chandrayana (countable and uncountable, plural Chandrayanas)

  1. A vrata regulated by the Moon, in which the food diminishes every day by one mouthful during the dark fortnight, and similarly increases during the light fortnight.

Forms of Chandrayana

pluralChandrayanas
alternative formCandrayana
alternative formCāndrāyaṇa

Origin of Chandrayana

Transliteration of Sanskrit चान्द्रायण (cāndrāyaṇa).

Questions about Chandrayana

What does Chandrayana mean?
Chandrayana means a vrata regulated by the Moon, in which the food diminishes every day by one mouthful during the dark fortnight, and similarly increases during the light fortnight.
What part of speech is Chandrayana?
Chandrayana is a proper noun.

Words near Chandrayana in the dictionary

  1. chandrashalas
  2. chandravindu
  3. chandravindus
  4. Chandrayaan
  5. Chandrayaans
  6. Chandrayana
  7. Chandrayanas
  8. chandries
  9. Chandrika
  10. chandry
  11. Chands

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