kan कन् (kā in Veda) cl. 1. P. kanati, cakāna, cake, akānīt, kanitā, &c., [Dhātup. xiii, 17]; (aor. 1. sg. akāniṣam, 2. sg. kāniṣas, [RV.]), to be satisfied or pleased, [RV. iv, 24, 9]; to agree to, accept with satisfaction, [RV. iii, 28, 5]; to shine; to go, [Dhātup.] : Intens. P. (Subj. cākánat; Pot. cākanyāt; pf. 1. sg. cākana); Ā. (Subj. 3. pl. cākánanta and cakánanta, [RV. i, 169, 4]), to be satisfied with, like, enjoy (with loc. gen., or instr.), [RV.]; to please, be liked or wished for (with gen. of the person), [RV. i, 169, 4]; [v, 31, 13]; [viii, 31, 1]; to strive after, seek, desire, wish (with acc. or dat.), [RV.]; [cf. kā, kai, kam, kvan, and can: cf. also Zd. -kan; Gk. καναψή; Angl.Sax. hana; Lat. canus, caneo, candeo, candela (?); Hib. canu, ‘full moon’.] kanā कना kanā́ f. a girl, maid, [RV. x, 61, 5]; [10]; [11]; [21.] kanā́ See p. 248, col. 3. kanī कनी kanī́ f. a girl, maiden, [RV.] (only gen. pl. kanī́nām), [Pañcad.]; [Kāvyād.] kana कन mfn. (substituted for alpa, ‘little, small’, in forming its comparative and superlative See below; cf. kaṇa; according to [Gmn.] fr. √ kan, ‘to shine, be bright or merry’, originally meaning ‘young, youthful’). kand कन्द् cl. 1. P. kandati, cakanda, to cry, utter lamentations: Ā. kandate, to be confounded, confound, [Dhātup. iii, 33] (cf. 1. kad, krand.) kanthā कन्था f. a rag, patched garment (especially one worn by certain ascetics), [Bhartṛ.]; [Pañcat.] [cf. Gk. κέντρων; Lat. centon; O. H. G. hadara; Germ. hader] a wall, [L.] a species of tree, [L.] a town, [L.] (a Tatpuruṣa compound ending in is neuter if it imply a town of the Uśīnaras, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 20.]) kandī कन्दी f. See māṃsa-k°. kanda कन्द m. n. (√ kan Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 98]), a bulbous or tuberous root, a bulb, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Suśr.] &c. the bulbous root of Amorphophallus Campanulatus, [L.] garlic, [L.] a lump, swelling, knot, [Suśr. i, 258, 9] [cf. Gk. κόνδος, κονδύλος; O. H. G. hnūtr, hnūta] an affection of the female organ (considered as a fleshy excrescence, but apparently prolapsus uteri, [W.]) N. of a metre (of four lines of thirteen syllables each) (in mus.) a kind of time kandu कन्दु m. f. (√ skand, [Uṇ. i, 15]), a boiler, saucepan, or other cooking utensil of iron, [Suśr.]; [Mālav.] Comm. on [KātyŚr.] an oven, or vessel serving for one, [W.] a kind of fragrant substance, [L.] m. N. of a man. kanna कन्न m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [R.] (ed. Gorresio), [v, 91, 7], (v.l. kaṇva) n. fainting, falling in a fit or state of insensibility, [L.] sin, [L.] (v.l. kalla.) kanta कन्त mfn. (fr. 1. kam ind.), happy, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 138.] mfn. id., [T.] kanti कन्ति mfn. id., [ib.] mfn. id., [T.] kantu कन्तु mfn. id., [ib.] m. (fr. √ kam, [Uṇ. i, 28]; [73]), love, the god of love the mind, heart Comm. on [Uṇ.] a granary, [L.] mfn. id., [T.] kanyā कन्या kanyā̀ f. See kanyā̀ below; kanyā̀ f. (√ kan, [Uṇ. iv, 111]), a girl, virgin, daughter, [RV.]; [AV.] &c., [MBh.] &c. (kanyāṃ √ dā or pra-√ dā or pra-√ yam or upa-√ pad, Caus. to give one's daughter in marriage, [Mn. viii], [ix]; kanyāṃ prati-√ grah or √ hṛ or √ vah, to receive a girl in marriage, marry, [Mn. ix]) the sign of the zodiac Virgo, [VarBṛ.] & [VarBṛS.] &c. the female of any animal, [Mṛcch.] N. of Durgā, [MBh. iii, 8115] N. of a tuberous plant growing in Kaśmīra, [Suśr.] Aloe Perfoliata, [L.] several other plants, [L.] N. of a metre (of four lines, each of them containing four long syllables). kanya कन्य mf(A)n. the smallest (opposed to uttama and madhyama), [Hcat. i, 302, 8 ff.] [cf. Zd. kainin; Hib. cain, ‘chaste, undefiled’.] kanyaka, kanyā, &c. See p. 249, col. 1. kanāṭha कनाठ m. N. of a man. kanīci कनीचि f. (cf. kaṇīci) a cart, [L.] a creeping plant with blossoms, [L.] Abrus Precatorius, [L.] kanīnī कनीनी kanī́nī (ī), f. the pupil of the eye, [L.] the little finger, [L.] kanīna कनीन kanī́na mfn. young, youthful, [RV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] kanakā कनका kánakā f. one of the seven tongues of fire, [L.] kanaka कनक kánaka n. (Comm. on [Uṇ. ii, 32]) gold, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Śak.] &c. kánaka m. thorn-apple, [Suśr.] Mesua Ferrea, [Bhartṛ.] several other plants (Michelia Campaka, Butea Frondosa, Bauhinia Variegata, Cassia Sophora, a kind of bdellium, a kind of sandal-wood), [L.] a kind of decoction, [Car.] N. of particular Grahas or Ketus, [AVPar.] N. of several men kánaka m. pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.] kánaka mfn. of gold, golden, [SaṃhUp. 44, 1.] See under √ kan. kanala कनल mfn. shining, bright [[T.]] g. arihaṇādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 80.] kanapa कनप kana—pa n. = kaṇapa, q.v., [MBh. iii, 810] N. of a man. kanaṭī कनटी f. red arsenic (= kunaṭī). kanaya कनय Nom. P. kanayati, to make less or smaller, diminish, [Bhaṭṭ. xviii, 25.] kandin कन्दिन् m. Amorphophallus Campanulatus, [L.] kanerā कनेरा f. (cf. kaṇerā) a female elephant, [W.] a harlot, [W.] kantva कन्त्व kantvà am, n. happiness, prosperity, [MaitrS. i, 10, 10.] kanīyas कनीयस् kánīyas mfn. younger, a younger brother or sister, younger son or daughter (opposed to jyāyas), [RV. iv, 33, 5]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c. smaller, less, inferior, very small or insignificant (opposed to bhūyas and uttama), [RV.]; [AV. iii, 15, 5]; [xii, 4, 6]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. kánīyas f. (yasī) the younger sister of a wife, [L.] kanthārī कन्थारी f. id. kanthakā कन्थका f. a species of Opuntia, [L.] kanthaka कन्थक m. N. of a man g. gargādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 105] (= kaṇṭhaka) Buddha's horse, [Bcar.] kantharī कन्थरी f. a species of Opuntia, [L.] kandālu कन्दालु m. N. of several tuberous plants, [L.] kandada कन्दद kanda—da mfn. giving or forming bulbs, [MBh. xii, 10403] (v.l. kakuda ed. Bomb.) kandaja कन्दज kanda—ja mfn. growing or coming from bulbs, [Suśr.] kandalī कन्दली f. a species of deer (the hide of which is useful), [L.] N. of a plant with white flowers (which appear very plentifully and all at once in the rainy season), [Suśr.]; [Ṛtus.]; [Bālar.] lotus seed, [L.] a flag, banner, [L.] N. of wk. f. See above. kandala कन्दल mfn. the cheek (or the cheek and temple), [W.] girth, girdle, [L.] a new shoot or sprig, [L.] a low soft tone, [L.] a portent (as an eclipse, supposed to forbode evil), [L.] reproach, censure, [L.] filled with (comp.), [Nalac.] m. gold, [L.] war, battle, [Subh.] n. the flower of the Kandalī tree, [Ragh.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. kandali कन्दलि kanda—°li a sprout, ib. kandarā कन्दरा f. the lute of the Caṇḍālas, [L.] N. of a mother in the retinue of Skanda, [MBh.]; [BhP.] kandara कन्दर f(A) , am, n. (as, m., [L.]) (√ kand Comm. on [Uṇ. iii, 131]; kaṃ, jalena dīryate, [T.]), ‘great cliff’, an artificial or natural cave, glen, defile, valley, [R.]; [Pañcat.]; [Megh.] &c. m. a hook for driving an elephant, [L.] n. ginger, [L.] kandaṭa कन्दट m. the white esculent water-lily, [L.] kandila कन्दिल m. a kind of tuberous plant, [L.] kandirī कन्दिरी f. Mimosa Pudica, [L.] kandota कन्दोत m. Nymphaea Esculenta, [L.] kandoṭa कन्दोट m. Nymphaea Esculenta, [L.] the blue lotus, [L.] &c. See p. 249, col. 3. kanduka कन्दुक m. a boiler, saucepan Comm. on [KātyŚr.] a ball of wood or pith for playing with, [MBh.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Ragh.] a pillow, [Bhartṛ. iii, 93], (n. v.l.) a betel-nut, [L.] a kind of time in music: kaniṣṭhā कनिष्ठा kaniṣṭhā́ (ā), f. (with or without aṅguli) the little finger, [Yājñ. i, 19]; [R.]; [Suśr.] a younger wife, one married later (than another), [Mn. ix, 122] an inferior wife, [Vātsy.] (cf. kaṇa and kanyā.) kaniṣṭha कनिष्ठ kaniṣṭhá and kániṣṭha mfn. the youngest, younger born (opposed to jyeṣṭha and vṛddha), [RV. iv, 33, 5]; [AV. x, 8, 28]; [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.] &c. the smallest, lowest, least (opposed to bhūyiṣṭha), [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. kaniṣṭhá (as), m. a younger brother, [L.] (scil. ghaṭa) the descending bucket of a well, [Kuv.] N. of a class of deities of the fourteenth Manvantara, [VP.] &c. See p. 248, col. 3. kaniṣka कनिष्क m. N. of a celebrated king of Northern India (whose reign began in the first century of our era and who, next to Aśoka, was the greatest supporter of Buddhism; his empire seems to have comprised Afghānistān, the Panjāb, Yarkand, Kaṣmīr, Ladak, Agra, Rājputāna, Gujarāt, and Sindh), [Rājat.] kanyāja कन्याज kanyā—ja m. the son of an unmarried woman, [L.] kanyākā कन्याका f. a girl, [L.] the pupil of the eye, [AitĀr.] kanyāṭa कन्याट kanyā°ṭa mfn. () following after young girls, [L.] kanyā—°ṭa m. the women's apartments, [L.] kanyakā कन्यका f. a girl, maiden, virgin, daughter, [MBh.]; [Śak.]; [Yājñ.] &c. the constellation Virgo in the zodiac, [VarBṛS.] N. of Durgā, [BhP. x, 2, 12] Aloe Indica, [L.] kanyaka कन्यक mfn. the smallest, [Hcat. i, 302, 16] kanyalā कन्यला kanyálā f. id., [AV. v, 5, 3]; [xiv, 2, 52.] kanyanā कन्यना kanyánā f. a maiden, girl, [RV. viii, 35, 5.] kanyasā कन्यसा f. the little finger, [L.] kanyasa कन्यस mf(A and I)n. younger, [MBh.]; [R.] smaller, the smallest, [Hcat.] kanyikā कन्यिका f. a girl, maiden, daughter, [L.] See under kanyaka. kanyuṣa कन्युष n. the hand below the wrist. kanānakā कनानका kanā́nakā f. the pupil of the eye, [TS. v, 7, 12, 1] (cf. kanī́nakā below.) kanīnakā कनीनका kanīnakā́ ā́, f. a girl, maiden, virgin, [RV. iv, 32, 23] (kanī́nakā and kanī́nikā), the pupil of the eye, [AV. iv, 20, 3]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. the little finger, [L.] kanīnaka कनीनक kanīnaká as, m. a boy, youth, [RV. x, 40, 9] (kanī́naka), the pupil of the eye, [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Suśr.] the caruncula lacrymalis, [W.] kanīnikā कनीनिका (kanī́nakā and kanī́nikā), the pupil of the eye, [AV. iv, 20, 3]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. kanīnika कनीनिक n. N. of several Sāmans. kanīyasa कनीयस mfn. younger, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. smaller, less, [MBh. xiii, 2560] n. ‘of less value’, copper, [L.] kanakhala कनखल kana—khala n. N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [AgP.] kana—khala m. pl. N. of mountains, [MBh. iii.] kana-khala kana-deva. See kana. kanadeva कनदेव kana—deva m. N. of a Buddhist patriarch. kanakābha कनकाभ kanakābhá mfn. similar to gold, like gold, [TĀr. i, 4, 1.] kanakāyu कनकायु or kanakāyus, m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] (v.l. karakāyu). kanavaka कनवक m. N. of a son of Śūra, [Hariv.] kandāḍhya कन्दाढ्य m. a kind of tuberous plant, [L.] kandārha कन्दार्ह m. Amorphophallus Campanulatus, [L.] kandalin कन्दलिन् mfn. covered with Kandalī flowers, [Bhartṛ.] (ifc.) abounding with, full of [Kād.] m. a kind of deer, [L.] kandarpā कन्दर्पा f. one of the divine women attending on the fifteenth Arhat ([Jain.]) kandarpa कन्दर्प m. (etym. doubtful; according to some fr. kaṃ-darpa, ‘inflamer even of a god’, see 3. ka, or ‘of great wantonness’), N. of Kāma (q.v.), love, lust, [MBh.]; [Bhag.]; [Suśr.] &c. (in mus.) a particular Rāga (q.v.) a kind of time membrum virile, [L.] N. of a man, [Kathās.] kandavat कन्दवत् kanda—vat m. a species of the Soma plant, [Suśr. ii, 168, 14.] kandekṣu कन्देक्षु m. a sort of grass, [Nigh.] kandottha कन्दोत्थ n. the blue lotus, [L.] (cf. kandoṭa.) kanyātva कन्यात्व kanyā—tva n. virginity, maidenhood, [MBh.] kanyāvat कन्यावत् kanyā—vat mfn. possessing a daughter kanyā—vat m. (ān) the father of a girl, [Gaut. iv, 8.] kanthārikā कन्थारिका f. id. kanakābja कनकाब्ज kana—°kābja n. a gold lotus, [Mālatīm.] kanakādri कनकाद्रि m. the mountain Meru kanakāhva कनकाह्व n. the blossom of Mesua Ferrea, [L.] kanakākṣī कनकाक्षी kana—°kākṣī f. an owl, [L.] kanakākṣa कनकाक्ष m. ‘gold-eyed’, N. of a being attendant on Skanda, [MBh.] of a king, [Kathās.] kanakāyus कनकायुस् kanakāyu or , m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] (v.l. karakāyu). kanaknaka कनक्नक kanáknaka mfn. an epithet given to a kind of poison [[BRD.]], [AV. x, 4, 22.] kandāśana कन्दाशन mfn. living upon bulbs, [Bālar. 298, 12.] kandāmṛtā कन्दामृता f. a species of Opuntia, [L.] kandauṣadha कन्दौषध n. a sort of Arum, [L.] kandūraka कन्दूरक m. a kind of fragrant substance, [L.] kandaphalā कन्दफला kanda—phalā f. N. of a cucurbitaceous plant, [L.] kandaśāka कन्दशाक kanda—śāka n. a kind of vegetable, [Bhpr.] kandalatā कन्दलता kanda—latā f. N. of a plant with a bulbous root, [L.] kandalaya कन्दलय Nom. P. kandalayati, to bring forth or produce in abundance or simultaneously, [Bālar.]; [Prasannar.] kandalita कन्दलित mfn. put forth or emitted in abundance or simultaneously, [Bālar.] kandamūla कन्दमूल kanda—mūla n. a radish, [L.]