[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1711 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1711 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1711 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1711](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1711) The moon has many names and descriptive epithets, as Chandra, Indu, Sasī, ‘marked like a hare;’ Nisākara, ‘maker of night;’ Nakshatra-nātha, ‘lord of the constellations;’ Sītamārīchi, ‘having cool rays;’ Sītānsu, ‘having white rays;’ Mrigānka, ‘marked like a deer;’ Siva-sekhara, ‘the crest of Siva;’ Kumuda-pati, ‘lord of the lotus;’ Sweta-vājī, ‘drawn by white horses.’ - [Previous: c5.1710](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1710) - [Next: c5.1712](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1712) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1711](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1711) · Pramāṇa