Chanda

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine & Masculine

Usage Hinduism, Hindi

Scripts चण्ड, चण्डा(Sanskrit) चण्डा(Hindi)

Meaning & History

Means "fierce, hot, passionate" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form चण्डा (an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga) and the masculine form चण्ड (the name of a demon).