Chandralekha

Classical Sanskrit origin

चन्द्रलेखा (candralekhā): = -, a digit of the moon.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “= -, a digit of the moon”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Indulekha — a digit of the moon
• Chandrakala — Meanings families give: Digit of moon, phase of the crescent; Phase of the moon, moonbeam; Digit of the moon, beautiful as moonbeam
• Indukala — a digit of the moon
• Indurekha — a digit of the moon
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Soumya — Meanings families give: Mild, gentle, pleasing and of pleasant nature; Gentle, soft, moon-like, calm; Gentle, calm; moon-faced; graceful; Gentle, pleasing, soft, cool

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu / Tamil origin

• Leela — Meanings families give: Divine play, the cosmic play of gods; Divine play, cosmic drama; Divine play, cosmic game of God

Where this comes from

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