कन्याkanyāAn unmarried girl or daughter; R.1.51.2.1,3.33; Ms.1.8.
[Uṇ.4.111]
- An unmarried girl or daughter; R.1.51.2.1,3.33; Ms.1.8.
- A girl ten years old.
- A virgin, maiden; Ms.8.367,3.33.
- A woman in general.
- The sixth sign of the zodiac, id est, that is Virgo.
- Name of Durgā; Mb.3.
- Large cardamoms.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अन्तःपुरम् the women's apartments; सुरक्षितेऽपि कन्यान्तःपुरे कश्चित्प्रविशति Pt.1; Mv.2.5.
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-आट
- Adjective following after or hunting young girls.
- (टः) the inner apartments of a house.
- a man who hunts or goes after young girls.
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-कुब्जः Name of a country. (-ब्जम्) Name of an ancient city in the north of India, situated on a tributary of the Ganges, now called Kanoja.
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-कुमारि Feminine, -री also कन्यकुमारी Name of Durgā; कन्यकुमारि धीमहि Mahānār 3.12.
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-गतम् the position of a planet in the sign Virgo.
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-ग्रहणम् taking a girl in marriage.
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-दानम् giving away a girl in marriage; अद्भिरेव द्विजाग्ऱ्याणां कन्यादानं विशिष्यते Ms.3.35.
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-दूषकः The violator of a virgin; Ms.3.164.
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-दूषणम् defilement of a virgin.
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-दोषः a defect or blemish in al, bad repute (such as a disease etc.) -धनम् dowry; a girl's property.
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-पतिः 'daughter's husband', a son-in-law.
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-पालः a dealer in slave girls.
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-पुत्रः, -गर्भः the son of an unmarried daughter (called कानीन); संघर्ष- जननस्तस्मात्कन्यागर्भो विनिर्मितः Mb.12.2.4.
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-पुरम् the women's apartments.
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-प्रदानम् Giving a daughter in marriage; Ms.3.29-31.
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-भर्तृ
- -Masculine
- a son-in-law.
- Name f Kārttikeya.
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-भैक्ष्यम् Begging for a girl; Mb.
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-रत्नम् a very fine girl; कन्यारत्नमयोनिजन्म भवतामास्ते Mv.1.3.
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-राशिः the sign Virgo.
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-वेदिन् -Masculine a son-in-law (marrying one's girl); Y.1.262.
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-व्रतस्था A woman in her monthly state; मयि कन्याव्रतस्थायां जमुर्मन्दा- किनीतटम् Ks.26.56.
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-शुल्कम् money given to the bride's father as her price, purchase-money of a girl.
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-समुद्भव Adjective Born from an unmarried woman; Ms.9.172.
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-स्वयंवरः the choice of a husband by a maiden.
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-हरणम् ravishment or seduction of a maiden; प्रसह्य कन्याहरणं राक्षसो विधिरुच्यते Ms.3.33.
