The Sanskrit term Candraśarmā can be transliterated into English as Candrasarma or Candrasharma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chandrasharma.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Candraśarmā (चन्द्रशर्मा).—A great sinner, who killed his preceptor. The Padma Purāṇa relates the story of four sinners named Vidura, Candraśarman, Vedaśarman and Vañjula, who shed their sin by bathing in the Gaṅgā. The sins committed by the four were respectively Brahmahatyā (killing of brahmin), Guruhatyā (killing of the preceptor), Agamyāgamana (having sexual contact with women like the wife of guru which is debarred) and Govadha (killing of cow) respectively. The leader of the above four sinners was one Vidura of the Pāñcāla deśa. He was begging in the streets without the tuft of hair, the sacred thread and tilaka (mark of sandal paste etc. on the forehead). He went from house to house begging for alms crying thus: "Here is come the man (himself) who committed Brahmahatyā. Please give alms to the brahmin-killer who is a drunkard also." During his begging tour he visited all the tīrthas also, yet brahmahatyā stuck on to him.

While this sinner Vidura, his heart rent with sorrow and remorse, was sitting under a tree, a Māgadha brahmin called Candraśarman happened to come there. This brahmin had committed the sin of guruhatyā (killing the preceptor). He told Vidura:—"While residing with the guru, blinded by desire, I killed the guru, and am now burning myself in the fire of repentance." (See full article at Story of Candraśarmā from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

2) Candraśarmā (चन्द्रशर्मा).—A brahmin of Agni gotra from Māyāpura, he was the disciple and son-in-law of Devaśarman. Both of them were killed by a Rākṣasa while they were gathering darbha (a particular variety of grass used in religious ceremonies) in the forest. Candraśarmā attained Vaikuṇṭha as he was a very righteous person. During Kṛṣṇāvatāra (incarnation of Viṣṇu as Śrī Kṛṣṇa) he was born as Acrūra. (Padma Purāṇa).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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