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Transliteration of Sanskrit चान्द्रायण (cāndrāyaṇa).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it 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. Full definition →
Transliteration of Sanskrit चान्द्रायण (cāndrāyaṇa).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.