# चान्द्रायण
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t͡ʃɑːn.d̪ɾɑː.jəɳ/, [t͡ʃä̃ːn̪.d̪ɾäː.jɐ̃ɳ]

### Proper noun

चान्द्रायण • (cāndrāyaṇ) m
* alternative spelling of चांद्रायण (cāndrāyaṇ)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চান্দ্ৰায়ণ (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬵᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ᬭᬵᬬᬡ (Balinese script)
* চান্দ্রায়ণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰯𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰧𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* စာန္ဒြာယဏ (Burmese script)
* ચાન્દ્રાયણ (Gujarati script)
* ਚਾਨ੍ਦ੍ਰਾਯਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦴꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦴꦪꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂰𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂨𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಚಾನ್ದ್ರಾಯಣ (Kannada script)
* ចាន្ទ្រាយណ (Khmer script)
* ຈານ຺ທ຺ຣາຍຓ (Lao script)
* ചാന്ദ്രായണ (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡩᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘧𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠠᢗᠨᢑᠷᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧑𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧇𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐫𑐞 (Newa script)
* ଚାନ୍ଦ୍ରାଯଣ (Odia script)
* ꢗꢵꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ꢬꢵꢫꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆳𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆪𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖯𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖧𑖜 (Siddham script)
* චාන්‍ද්‍රායණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩻𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚭𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚣𑚘 (Takri script)
* சாந்த்³ராயண (Tamil script)
* చాన్ద్రాయణ (Telugu script)
* จานฺทฺรายณ (Thai script)
* ཙཱ་ནྡྲཱ་ཡ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒨𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨪𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of चान्द्र (cāndra, “belonging to the Moon; Moon's”) +‎ अयन (ayana, “going, course”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕɑːn.dɾɑː.jɐ.ɳɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t͡ɕɑːn̪ˈd̪ɾɑː.jɐ.ɳɐ/

### Noun

चान्द्रायण • (cāndrāyaṇa) stem, m
* someone who observes the Moon's course

#### Declension
### Proper noun

चान्द्रायण • (cāndrāyaṇa) stem, m or n
* (Classical Sanskrit, Hinduism) Cāndrāyaṇa
    Synonyms: चान्द्र (cāndra), ऐन्दव (aindava), पिपीलिकामध्य (pipīlikāmadhya), यवमध्य (yavamadhya), यवमध्यम (yavamadhyama)
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
** Parāśarasmṛti 10.1:चातुर्वर्ण्येषु सर्वेषु हितां वक्ष्यामि निष्कृतिम्। अगम्यागमने चैव शुद्ध्यै चान्द्रायणं चरेत्॥cāturvarṇyeṣu sarveṣu hitāṃ vakṣyāmi niṣkṛtim. agamyāgamane caiva śuddhyai cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret.Now I shall describe the penances while are salutary for all the castes. In [the case of] illicit sexual intercourse, and for purification, one must do the Cāndrāyaṇa.
** Parāśarasmṛti 10.2:एकैकं ह्रासयेद्ग्रासं कृष्णे शुक्ले च वर्धयेत्। अमावास्यां न भुञ्जीत ह्येष चान्द्रायणो विधिः॥ekaikaṃ hrāsayedgrāsaṃ kṛṣṇe śukle ca vardhayet. amāvāsyāṃ na bhuñjīta hyeṣa cāndrāyaṇo vidhiḥ.One must reduce his [food] by one mouthful each day during the dark fortnight, and similarly increase it during the light fortnight. On the Amāvāsyā, he mustn't eat, for this is the rule for Cāndrāyaṇa.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “चान्द्रायण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 392.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “cāndrāyaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “चान्द्रायणम्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 704
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चान्द्रायण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 93