1. Candimā, Candimasa, Canda.-The name of the devaputta whose abode (vimāna) is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called Candima. The moon is forty-nine leagues in diameter and appears in the world at the wish of the ābhassara Brahmas, who are the first inhabitants of the earth, hence its name (amhākam chandam ñatvā viya utthito, tasmā cando hotū ti) (VibhA.519; PsA.253).
Candimā is also included among the Cātummahārājika devas because he lives in their world (E.g., Mahāniddesa Cty. 108). There are other devas besides Canda who dwell in the moon (D.ii.269).