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CHANDRA

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology

Other Scripts: चन्द्र, चन्द्रा (Sanskrit)

Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चन्द (chand) "to shine". This is a transcription of the masculine form चण्ड (a name of the moon in Hindu texts which is often personified as a deity) as well as the feminine form चण्डा.
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