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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कन्यकाkanyakā1 A girl; संबद्धवैखानसकन्यकानि R.14.28;11.53.
    1. 1 A girl; संबद्धवैखानसकन्यकानि R.14.28;11.53.
    2. An unmarried girl, virgin, maiden; गृहे गृहे पुरुषाः कुलकन्यकाः समुद्वहन्ति Māl.7; Y.1.15.
    3. A technical name for a girl ten years old; (अष्टवर्षा भवेद्गौरी नववर्षा च रोहिणी । दशमे कन्यका प्रोक्ता अत ऊर्ध्वं रजस्वला Śabdak.)
    4. (In Rhet.) One of the several kinds of heroines; an unmarried girl serving as a chief character in a poetical composition; see under अन्यस्त्री.
    5. The signVirgo.
    6. Name of Durgā; Bhāg.1.2.12.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -च्छलः seduction; पैशाचः कन्यकाच्छलात् Y.1.61.

    • -जनः a maiden; विशुद्धमुग्धः कुलकन्यकाजनः Māl.7.1.

    • -जातः the son of an unmarried girl; कानीनः कन्यकाजातः Y.2.129 (Equivalent to कानीन); for instance व्यास, कर्ण etc.

    • कन्यका kanyakā

      1. कन्यिका kanyikā, कन्यिका 1 Young girl.
      2. A virgin. According to पराशरसंहिता, a कन्यका is a ten years old girl दशमे कन्यका प्रोक्ता; कन्यका हि निर्दोषदर्शना भवन्ति Nāg.1.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कन्यकाkanyakāf. a girl, maiden, virgin, daughter MBh. S3ak. Ya1jn5. &c.
    1. feminine a girl, maiden, virgin, daughter MBh. S3ak. Ya1jn5. etc.
    2. feminine the constellation Virgo in the zodiac VarBr2S.
    3. feminine Name of Durga1 दुर्गा BhP. x, 2, 12
    4. feminine Aloe Indica Lexicographers
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  2. कन्यकागारkanyakāgāran. the women's apartments BhP.

    neuter gender the women's apartments BhP.

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  3. कन्यकागुणkanyakāguṇam. pl. N. of a people VP.

    masculine gender plural Name of a people VP.

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  4. कन्यकाच्छलkanyakācchalan. beguiling a maiden, seduction Ya1jn5. i, 61.

    neuter gender beguiling a maiden, seduction Ya1jn5. i, 61.

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  5. कन्यकाछलkanyakāchalan. beguiling a maiden, seduction Ya1jn5. i, 61.

    neuter gender beguiling a maiden, seduction Ya1jn5. i, 61.

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  6. कन्यकाजातkanyakājātam. the son of an unmarried woman Ya1jn5. ii, 129.

    masculine gender the son of an unmarried woman Ya1jn5. ii, 129.

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  7. कन्यकापतिkanyakāpatim. a daughter's husband, son-in-law L.

    masculine gender a daughter's husband, son-in-law Lexicographers

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  8. कुकन्यकाkukanyakāf. a bad girl Katha1s. xxvi, 58.

    feminine a bad girl Katha1s. xxvi, 58.

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  9. कुलकन्यकाkulakanyakāf. a girl of good family R.

    feminine a girl of good family R.

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