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kāmyaकाम्यNom. P. °yati, to have a desire for (only ifc., e.g. putra-kāmyati, to have a desire for children), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 9] Comm. on [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 38] and [39]; [Vop. xxi, 1]; [Śāntiś.]; [Bhaṭṭ. ix, 59.]
kā́mya mf(A)n. desirable, beautiful, amiable, lovely, agreeable, [RV.]; [VS.]; [R. ii, 25, 9]; [v, 43, 13]; [Ragh. vi, 30]; [Śāntiś. ii, 7]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 40]
to one's liking, agreeable to one's wish, [KātyŚr. iv, 5, 1]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. iii, 11, 5]; [ĀśvGṛ. iv, 7]
optional (opposed to nitya or indispensable observance), performed through the desire of some object or personal advantage (as a religious ceremony &c.), done from desire of benefit or from interested motives, [KātyŚr. xii, 6, 15]; [ĀśvŚr. ii, 10]; [ĀśvGṛ. iii, 6]; [Kauś. 5]; [ChUp. v, 2, 9]; [Mn. ii, 2]; [MBh.] &c.
kāmyakaकाम्यकm. N. of a forest, [MBh. iii, 218]; [242] seqq.
of a lake, [ib.] [ii, 1877.]
kāmyatāकाम्यताkāmya—tā f. loveliness, beauty, [MBh.]
kāmyagirकाम्यगिर्kāmya—gir f. a pleasing sound, agreeable speech.
kāmyatvaकाम्यत्वkāmya—tva n. the state of being done from desire or from interested motives, selfishness, [Jaim. v, 3, 34.]
kāmyadānaकाम्यदानkāmya—dāna n. a desirable gift
voluntary gift.
kāmyavrataकाम्यव्रतkāmya—vrata n. a voluntary vow.
kāmyaśrāddhaकाम्यश्राद्धkāmya—śrāddha n. a kind of Śrāddha, [RTL. 305]
kāmyakarmanकाम्यकर्मन्kāmya—karman n. any act or ceremony done from interested or selfish motives.
kāmyamaraṇaकाम्यमरणkāmya—maraṇa n. voluntary death, suicide, [W.]