candimā
Candimā,(m.or f.?) [Sk.candramas m.& candrimā f.,cp.pūrṇimā; a cpd.of canda+mā,cp.māsa.The Pāli form,however,is based on a supposed derivation fr.canda+mant,like bhagavā,and is most likely m.On this formation cp.Lat.lumen=Sk.rukmān luminous,shiny] the moon.By itself only in similes at Dh.208,387 (at end of pada) & in “abbhā mutto va candimā" M.II,104=Dh.172=Th.1,871; Dh.382=Th.1,873; Ps.I,175.-- Otherwise only in combn with suriya,moon & sun,D.I,240; II,12; III,85 sq.,90,112; S.II,266; V,264 sq.; A.I,227; II,53,130; V,59; Vv 30; J.II,213; Miln.191; Vism.153.Also in cpd.candimāpabhā the light of the moon (thus BB,whereas SS read at all passages candiyā° or candiya-pabhā) S.III,156=V.44= It.20.(Page 262)