s. m, The moon:—Chaṇdar baṉsí, s. m. The face of the moon; the lunar race of kings; the second great line of Kshatriya dynasties in India. This lunar race of kings reigned at Hastinapura (Dehli); they claimed descent from Soma (the moon) the child of the Rishi Atri, and the father of Budha, who joined himself to the solar race by marrying the daughter of the solar king Ikshvaku. He had a son Aila or Pururavas whose great grandson Yayate had two sons Puru and Yadu from whom sprung the two branches of the lunar line. In the line of Yadu Krishna and Balarama were born, and in that of Puru Dushyanta and Bharata. Ninth from him came Kuru and fourteenth from him Santanu who had a son Vichitravirya and a step son Vyasa. The latter married the two widows of his half brother and had by them Dhirtarashtra and Pandu, the wars of whose sons are recorded in the Mahabharata:—chaṇdar bháṉ, a. Ill fated, wretched; also a proper name:—chaṇdar puṉá, s. m. Misfortune, ill fate, misery, wretchedness:—chaṇdarmukhí, a. Moon faced, beautiful.