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kan

(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’.]