Chandrayana

== English == === Alternative forms === Candrayana, Cāndrāyaṇa === Etymology === Transliteration of Sanskrit चान्द्रायण (cāndrāyaṇa). === Proper noun === Chandrayana (countable and uncountable, plural Chandrayanas) A vrata regulated by the Moon, in which the food diminishes every day by one mouthful during the dark fortnight, and similarly increases during the light fortnight.