ardhêndu m. (-ardha-candra above) a half moon or crescent Naish

• the semicircular impression of a finger nail L

• an arrow with a crescentshaped head L

• the hand expanded in a semicircular from like a claw L

• the constellation also called ardhacandra (q.v.) VarBṛS

• (ardhênd) -mauli m. 'whose diadem is a half-moon, Śiva Megh. Bālar