Chandrakanta
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Chandrakanta can refer to:
- ChandrakantaChandrakanta (novel)Chandrakanta is a popular Hindi novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri. It is considered to be the first work of prose in the modern Hindi language, and may have significantly contributed to the language's popularity...
, a Hindi novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri - Chandrakanta Santati, another novel by Devaki Nandan KhatriDevaki Nandan KhatriDevaki Nandan Khatri was an Indian writer, who belonged to the first generation of popular novelists in the modern Hindi language. Also known as Babu Devakinandan Khatri, he was the first author of mystery novels in Hindi. Chandrakanta is the most popular of his works.- Biography :Khatri was born...
- Princess Chandrakanta, the main character in above two novels
- ChandrakantaChandrakanta (TV series)Chandrakanta is an Indian fantasy television series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta. It was originally telecast on Doordarshan in the early 1995 and was produced by Nirja Guleri and directed by Sunil Agnihotri....
, a Popular television serial based on the novel Chandrakanta that was aired on DD National and Sony Entertainment Television, starring Shikha Swaroop, Shahbaaz Khan and Irfan Khan - ChandrakantaChandrakanta (author)Chandrakanta is a writer, born in Srinagar, India. She has written many novels and stories in the Hindi language including the epic Katha Satisar, which was awarded the Vyas Samman prize in 2005....
, a Hindi author from Kashmir - Chandrakanta Murasingh (born 1957), a poet from TripuraTripuraTripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are...
- Chandrakanta Tarkalankar Mahamahopadhyay (1836-1910), a SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
scholar, poet and critic. - Chandrakanta, a city supposedly found by LakshmanaLakshmanaLakshmana was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic Ramayana...
, after he colonized the Vanga kingdom (see Kosala Kingdom) - The MoonstoneMoonstone (gemstone)Moonstone is a sodium potassium aluminium silicate, with the chemical formula AlSi3O8.-Etymology:Its name is derived from a visual effect, or sheen, caused by light reflecting internally in the moonstone from layer inclusion of different feldspars....
, a gem popularly believed to be formed by the congelation of the moon's rays, and also supposed to be dissolved by the moon's light