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kalyāṇa

kalyā́ṇa mf(I/)n. (g. bahv-ādi) beautiful, agreeable, [RV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.

illustrious, noble, generous

excellent, virtuous, good ( voc. ‘good sir’; kalyāṇi, ‘good lady’)

beneficial, salutary, auspicious

happy, prosperous, fortunate, lucky, well, right, [RV. i, 31, 9]; [iii, 53, 6]; [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Nir. ii, 3]; [MBh.]; [R.]

kalyā́ṇa m. a particular Rāga (sung at night)

N. of a Gandharva

of a prince (also called Bhaṭṭa-śrī-kalyāṇa)

of the author of the poem Gītā-gaṅgā-dhara

kalyā́ṇa n. good fortune, happiness, prosperity

good conduct, virtue (opposed to pāpa), [ŚBr.]; [Bhag.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Pañcat.]; [Mn. iii, 60], [65]; [Suśr.]

a festival, [Mn. viii, 292]

gold, [L.]

heaven, [L.]

N. of the eleventh of the fourteen Pūrvas or most ancient writings of the Jainas, [L.]

a form of salutation (‘Hail!’ ‘May luck attend you!’), [Śāntiś.]