Candra

Candra

Candra is a name used for more than one devatā and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Candra: the deva of the moon, also called Soma, ruler of all oshadhis and son of the ṛshi Atri; his carrying off of Tārā is told in Candra, Tārā and the Birth of Budha. Varāha Purāṇa; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa; Skanda Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa

People

• Candra (Yaksha): the yaksha whom Śrīman Nārāyaṇa appointed, with Vāsuki and others, as a guardian of Kurukshetra. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 23

Places

• Candra (mountain): one of the seven varsha mountains of Plaksha-dvīpa. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20
• Candra-nadī: the river on whose bank Bhagavān Sūrya, as his twelfth mūrti Mitra, performs tapas for the good of the world. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 30
• Candrā (River of Śālmala-dvīpa): one of the seven rivers of Śālmala-dvīpa, which take away pāpa by mere remembrance. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20