चन्द्रक

{ candrakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चन्द्रक  f.  m. the moon, [Mālav. v, 7] ( ifc. f( इका).)
a circle or ring shaped like the moon, [Śiś. v, 40]
 f. a spot similar to the moon, [R. v, 42, 3 and 5]; [Suśr.] ( ifc. f( इका).), Rājat. iii, 382 ?
the eye in a peacock's tail, [Gīt. ii, 3]; [Rājat. i, 260]
a finger-nail, [L.]
°दक    N. of a fish ( v.l., [L.]), [Suśr. i, 46, 2, 62]
N. of a poet, [Kṣem.]; [Rājat. ii, 16]
of an owl, [MBh. xii, 4944]
चन्द्रक  n.  n. black pepper, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चन्द्रकः [candrakḥ]   1 The moon.
The eye in a peacock's tail.
A finger-nail.
A circle of the moon's shape (formed by a drop of oil thrown into water).
-कम्   Black pepper.

Shabda-Sagara

चन्द्रक  m.  ( -कः)
1. The moon.
2. A ring, a circle, (like the moon.)
3. The eye in a peacock's tail.
4. A finger nail.
5. A fish, (Chanda, HAM.)
 n.  ( -कं) Black pepper.
E. चन्द्र the moon, and क affix of resemblance. चन्द इव कायति कै क .

ROOTS:

चन्द्र क चन्द इव कायति कै क .