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kanकन्(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’.]
kanāकनाkanā́ f. a girl, maid, [RV. x, 61, 5]; [10]; [11]; [21.]
kanā́ See p. 248, col. 3.
kanīकनीkanī́ f. a girl, maiden, [RV.] (only gen. pl. kanī́nām), [Pañcad.]; [Kāvyād.]
kanaकनmfn. (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’).
kandकन्द्cl. 1. P. kandati, cakanda, to cry, utter lamentations: Ā. kandate, to be confounded, confound, [Dhātup. iii, 33] (cf. 1. kad, krand.)
kanthāकन्थाf. 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.])
kandīकन्दीf. See māṃsa-k°.
kandaकन्दm. 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
kanduकन्दुm. 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.
kannaकन्नm. 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.)
kantaकन्तmfn. (fr. 1. kam ind.), happy, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 138.]
mfn. id., [T.]
kantiकन्तिmfn. id., [ib.]
mfn. id., [T.]
kantuकन्तुmfn. 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.]
kanyāकन्याkanyā̀ 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).
kanyaकन्यmf(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.
kanāṭhaकनाठm. N. of a man.
kanīciकनीचिf. (cf. kaṇīci) a cart, [L.]
a creeping plant with blossoms, [L.]
Abrus Precatorius, [L.]
kanīnīकनीनीkanī́nī (ī), f. the pupil of the eye, [L.]
the little finger, [L.]
kanīnaकनीनkanī́na mfn. young, youthful, [RV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
kanakāकनकाkánakā f. one of the seven tongues of fire, [L.]
kanakaकनकkánaka 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.
kanalaकनलmfn. shining, bright [[T.]] g. arihaṇādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 80.]
kanapaकनपkana—pa n. = kaṇapa, q.v., [MBh. iii, 810]
N. of a man.
kanaṭīकनटीf. red arsenic (= kunaṭī).
kanayaकनयNom. P. kanayati, to make less or smaller, diminish, [Bhaṭṭ. xviii, 25.]
kandinकन्दिन्m. Amorphophallus Campanulatus, [L.]
kanerāकनेराf. (cf. kaṇerā) a female elephant, [W.]
a harlot, [W.]
kantvaकन्त्वkantvà am, n. happiness, prosperity, [MaitrS. i, 10, 10.]
kanīyasकनीयस्kánīyas 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.]
kanthārīकन्थारीf. id.
kanthakāकन्थकाf. a species of Opuntia, [L.]
kanthakaकन्थकm. N. of a man g. gargādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 105]
(= kaṇṭhaka) Buddha's horse, [Bcar.]
kantharīकन्थरीf. a species of Opuntia, [L.]
kandāluकन्दालुm. N. of several tuberous plants, [L.]
kandadaकन्ददkanda—da mfn. giving or forming bulbs, [MBh. xii, 10403] (v.l. kakuda ed. Bomb.)
kandajaकन्दजkanda—ja mfn. growing or coming from bulbs, [Suśr.]
kandalīकन्दलीf. 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.
kandalaकन्दलmfn. 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.
kandaliकन्दलिkanda—°li a sprout, ib.
kandarāकन्दराf. the lute of the Caṇḍālas, [L.]
N. of a mother in the retinue of Skanda, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
kandaraकन्दरf(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.]
kandaṭaकन्दटm. the white esculent water-lily, [L.]
kandilaकन्दिलm. a kind of tuberous plant, [L.]
kandirīकन्दिरीf. Mimosa Pudica, [L.]
kandotaकन्दोतm. Nymphaea Esculenta, [L.]
kandoṭaकन्दोटm. Nymphaea Esculenta, [L.]
the blue lotus, [L.]
&c. See p. 249, col. 3.
kandukaकन्दुकm. 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:
kaniṣṭhāकनिष्ठाkaniṣṭhā́ (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.)
kaniṣṭhaकनिष्ठkaniṣṭhá 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.
kaniṣkaकनिष्कm. 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.]
kanyājaकन्याजkanyā—ja m. the son of an unmarried woman, [L.]
kanyākāकन्याकाf. a girl, [L.]
the pupil of the eye, [AitĀr.]
kanyāṭaकन्याटkanyā°ṭa mfn. () following after young girls, [L.]
kanyā—°ṭa m. the women's apartments, [L.]
kanyakāकन्यकाf. 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.]
kanyakaकन्यकmfn. the smallest, [Hcat. i, 302, 16]
kanyalāकन्यलाkanyálā f. id., [AV. v, 5, 3]; [xiv, 2, 52.]
kanyanāकन्यनाkanyánā f. a maiden, girl, [RV. viii, 35, 5.]
kanyasāकन्यसाf. the little finger, [L.]
kanyasaकन्यसmf(A and I)n. younger, [MBh.]; [R.]
smaller, the smallest, [Hcat.]
kanyikāकन्यिकाf. a girl, maiden, daughter, [L.]
See under kanyaka.
kanyuṣaकन्युषn. the hand below the wrist.
kanānakāकनानकाkanā́nakā f. the pupil of the eye, [TS. v, 7, 12, 1] (cf. kanī́nakā below.)
kanīnakāकनीनकाkanīnakā́ 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.]
kanīnakaकनीनकkanīnaká as, m. a boy, youth, [RV. x, 40, 9]
(kanī́naka), the pupil of the eye, [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Suśr.]
the caruncula lacrymalis, [W.]
kanīnikāकनीनिका(kanī́nakā and kanī́nikā), the pupil of the eye, [AV. iv, 20, 3]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
kanīnikaकनीनिकn. N. of several Sāmans.
kanīyasaकनीयसmfn. younger, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
smaller, less, [MBh. xiii, 2560]
n. ‘of less value’, copper, [L.]
kanakhalaकनखलkana—khala n. N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [AgP.]
kana—khala m. pl. N. of mountains, [MBh. iii.]
kana-khala kana-deva. See kana.
kanadevaकनदेवkana—deva m. N. of a Buddhist patriarch.
kanakābhaकनकाभkanakābhá mfn. similar to gold, like gold, [TĀr. i, 4, 1.]
kanakāyuकनकायुor kanakāyus, m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] (v.l. karakāyu).
kanavakaकनवकm. N. of a son of Śūra, [Hariv.]
kandāḍhyaकन्दाढ्यm. a kind of tuberous plant, [L.]
kandārhaकन्दार्हm. Amorphophallus Campanulatus, [L.]
kandalinकन्दलिन्mfn. covered with Kandalī flowers, [Bhartṛ.]
(ifc.) abounding with, full of [Kād.]
m. a kind of deer, [L.]
kandarpāकन्दर्पाf. one of the divine women attending on the fifteenth Arhat ([Jain.])
kandarpaकन्दर्पm. (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.]
kandavatकन्दवत्kanda—vat m. a species of the Soma plant, [Suśr. ii, 168, 14.]
kandekṣuकन्देक्षुm. a sort of grass, [Nigh.]
kandotthaकन्दोत्थn. the blue lotus, [L.] (cf. kandoṭa.)
kanyātvaकन्यात्वkanyā—tva n. virginity, maidenhood, [MBh.]
kanyāvatकन्यावत्kanyā—vat mfn. possessing a daughter
kanyā—vat m. (ān) the father of a girl, [Gaut. iv, 8.]
kanthārikāकन्थारिकाf. id.
kanakābjaकनकाब्जkana—°kābja n. a gold lotus, [Mālatīm.]
kanakādriकनकाद्रिm. the mountain Meru
kanakāhvaकनकाह्वn. the blossom of Mesua Ferrea, [L.]
kanakākṣīकनकाक्षीkana—°kākṣī f. an owl, [L.]
kanakākṣaकनकाक्षm. ‘gold-eyed’, N. of a being attendant on Skanda, [MBh.]
of a king, [Kathās.]
kanakāyusकनकायुस्kanakāyu or , m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] (v.l. karakāyu).
kanaknakaकनक्नकkanáknaka mfn. an epithet given to a kind of poison [[BRD.]], [AV. x, 4, 22.]
kandāśanaकन्दाशनmfn. living upon bulbs, [Bālar. 298, 12.]
kandāmṛtāकन्दामृताf. a species of Opuntia, [L.]
kandauṣadhaकन्दौषधn. a sort of Arum, [L.]
kandūrakaकन्दूरकm. a kind of fragrant substance, [L.]
kandaphalāकन्दफलाkanda—phalā f. N. of a cucurbitaceous plant, [L.]
kandaśākaकन्दशाकkanda—śāka n. a kind of vegetable, [Bhpr.]
kandalatāकन्दलताkanda—latā f. N. of a plant with a bulbous root, [L.]
kandalayaकन्दलयNom. P. kandalayati, to bring forth or produce in abundance or simultaneously, [Bālar.]; [Prasannar.]
kandalitaकन्दलितmfn. put forth or emitted in abundance or simultaneously, [Bālar.]
kandamūlaकन्दमूलkanda—mūla n. a radish, [L.]