Chandrakanta
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Chandrakanta can refer to:
- Chandrakanta, a Hindi novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri
- Chandrakanta Santati, another novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri
- Princess Chandrakanta, the main character in above two novels
- A television serial[1] based on the novel Chandrakanta that was aired on Doordarshan and Sony Entertainment Television, starring Shikha Swaroop, Arbaaz Khan and Irfan Khan
- Chandrakanta, a Hindi author from Kashmir
- Chandrakanta Murasingh (born 1957), a poet from Tripura [2]
- Chandrakanta Tarkalankar Mahamahopadhyay (1836-1910), a Sanskrit scholar, poet and critic. [3]
- Chandrakanta, a city supposedly found by Lakshmana, after he colonized the Vanga kingdom (see Kosala Kingdom)
- the moonstone, 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 [4]