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CĀNDRĀYAṆA A penance. (See Vrata).
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चान्द्रायण m. m. an observer of the moon's course (
चन्द्र्°), [TāṇḍyaBr. xvii, 13, 17] Sch.
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pl. N. of a family, [Pravar. i, 2 and ii, 4, 1]
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चान्द्रायण n. n. ([Pāṇ. 5-1, 72] ;
scil. व्रत) a fast regulated by the moon, the food being diminished every day by one mouthful for the dark fortnight, and increased in like manner during the light fortnight (cf. पिपीलिकामध्य, यव-मध्य or °ध्यम), [Mn. vi, 20]
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