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Entry कन्दर्प

कन्दर्पkandarpa1 N. of Cupid, the god of love; प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः Bg.1.28; कन्दर्प इव रूपेण Mb.
1. 1 Name of Cupid, the god of love; प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः Bg.1.28; कन्दर्प इव रूपेण Mb.
2. Love. (कन्दर्प is thus derived: कं दर्पयामीति मदाज्जातमात्रो जगाद च । तेन कंदर्प- नामानं तं चकार चतुर्मुखः ॥) -Compound
Derived forms and compounds
- -कूपः pudenda muliebre.
- -ज्वरः fever of love, passion, vehement desire.
- -दहनः, -मथनः Name of Śiva.
- -मुषलः, -मुसलः
  
  the male organ of generation. शृङ्खलः membrum virile.
  
  a particular mode of sexual enjoyment or coitus (रतिबन्ध).
In the Gita10·28

प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ॥

prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ. — Among weapons I am the divine thunderbolt; I am Kamadhuk the cow of plenty among cattle, I am Kandarpa the love-god among the progenitors; among the… 10·28
- कन्दर्पःkandarpaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun kandarpa (Kandarpa, the god of love).
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