चन्द्रवंशी chandravanśhī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

The one belonging to the lunar dynasty or race.
(Bābā) A descendant of the lunar lineage (kṣatriya lineage of the Silver Age).

Usual translation

those of the moon dynasty

Origin of the definition

चंद्र candra chandr (nm) the moon; crescent; ~कला lunar crescent; a digit of the moon (sixteenth part of the circumference); ~कांत moonstone; ~ग्रहण lunar eclipse; ~बिंदु the nasal sign represented by a crescent with a dot over it (ँ), as distinct from अनुस्वार represented by a dot above the top (ं); ~बिंब the lunar disc; ~मंडल the halo of the moon; ~मुखी a woman blessed with a moon-like face; ~लोक the sphere or heaven of the moon; ~वंश the lunar race—one of the two major kshatriya dynasties that flourished in ancient India; ~वंशी belonging to the lunar dynasty (चन्द्रवंश); ~वदन blessed with a moon-like face; ~वदनी a beauty blessed with a moon-like face; ~वार Monday; ~बिंदु see चंद्रबिंदु; ~शेखर Lord Shiv—whose head is said to be ever adorned by the presence of the lunar crescent; ~हार a kind of broad necklace.

ćandr-vaṅśī, vulg. ćandr-bansī, adj. & s.m. Of or appertaining to the lunar race; — one of the lunar race or dynasty.

वंशी vanśhī (hindi)

Belonging to the lineage, dynasty, clan of.