चौथ का चन्द्रमा chauth kā chandramā

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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 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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 · g.n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

'moon of the fourth day', The moon on the fourth night of a fortnight: esp. that of the bright fortnight of Bhādoṁ (supposed to bring reproach or disgrace on one who looks at it).

Usual translation

  1. the moon on the fourth night

Origin of the definition

चन्द्रमा chandramā (hindi)

The moon.

चौथ का चन्द्रमा. Moon on the day of Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi; According to Ganesh Purana, the person who sees the moon on this day faces stigma and has to suffer a lot

चौथ cauth [caturtha-], f. 1. a fourth part. 2. hist. a tribute levied by the Marāṭhās on north Indian rulers. 3. the fourth day of a lunar fortnight. — ~ का चाँद, m. the moon on the fourth night of a fortnight: esp. that of the bright fortnight of Bhādoṁ (supposed to bring reproach or disgrace on one who looks at it).

का kā (hindi)

का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.

  • Possession and relationship.
  • Material or composition.
  • Worth and measure (space or time).
  • Source, origin, cause.
  • Subject (doer of an act).
  • Object (of an activity).
  • Part of a whole.
  • Purpose.
  • Characteristic.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

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Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Created
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Updated
Tuesday 14 November 2023