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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Chandrayana

Chandrayana (or Tsiandrayana), in Hindu mythology, is the moon-penance which the men, born again as Brahmins, practice as an atonement for sins committed in a lower grade of their existence. The body is scantily fed, only nuts of the woods being eaten.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.