○candraka m. (= ardhacandra) the hand bent into a semicircle for grasping any one's throat', ifc. dattârdhacandraka, mfn. 'seized at the throat', Kaṭhās

• (am), n. the semilunar point of an arrow, Sārṅg

• (ika), f. N. of a climbing plant (Gynandropsis Pentaphylla or Convolvulus Torpethum

• ardhacandrā above)