Candrangada, Candrāṅgada: 4 definitions
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Candrangada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chandrangada.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaCandrāṅgada (चन्द्राङ्गद).—Grandson of Nala. He married Sīmantinī, daughter of Citravarman, a king of Āryāvarta. Sīmantinī, hearing about Candrāṅgada fell in love with him, and it was with the help of Maitreyī, wife of Yājñavalkya, that she was wedded to him.
While once Candrāṅgada was enjoying a boat-race in Kālindī (river) with his friends a storm upset the boat and most of them were drowned to death. The servants of Takṣaka saw Candrāṅgada sinking to the bottom of the river and carried him to Pātāla and he stayed there for sometime in the midst of amorous nāga damsels. Candrāṅgada’s people, under the impression that he had died, performed his funeral rites, and Sīmantinī took to widow’s life. Enemies captured his kingdom and imprisoned his father, Indrasena. When once the nāga King asked Candrāṅgada to marry nāga girls and settle down in Pātāla he told the King that he was already married and that his wife Sīmantinī was brooding over him, and he had, therefore, to return to her. Accordingly the nāga king sent him back with presents of a white horse, a Rākṣasa and an infant serpent. (See full article at Story of Candrāṅgada from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCandrāṅgada (चन्द्राङ्गद):—[from candra > cand] m. Name of a son of king Indra-sena, [BrahmôttKh. xvii ff.] ([varia lectio] citrāṅg).
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: Citravarma, Maitreyi, Citrangada, Pingala.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 8 - The Religious Vow to be Observed on Mondays: The Story of Sīmantinī < [Section 3 - Brāhmottara-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 13 - The Marriage of Bhadrāyus < [Section 3 - Brāhmottara-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 14 - Bhadrāyus Gets Śiva’s Favour < [Section 3 - Brāhmottara-khaṇḍa]
Dvisahasri of Tembesvami (Summary and Study) (by Upadhyay Mihirkumar Sudhirbhai)
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 27 - The incarnation of Dvijeśvara < [Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā]
Chapter 25 - Prayer by the gods < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]