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, 42, 3 and 5"> [R. v, 42, 3 and 5]; [Suśr.] ( ifc. f( इका).), iii, 382 (?) ">Rājat. iii, 382 ?
   the eye in a peacock's tail, ii, 3"> [Gīt. ii, 3]; [Rājat. i, 260]
   a finger- nail, [L.]
°दक    N. of a fish ( v.l., [L.]), 46, 2, 62"> [Suśr. i, 46, 2, 62]
    N. of a poet, [Kṣem.]; ii, 16"> [Rājat. ii, 16]
   of an owl, xii, 4944"> [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 .