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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कन्याkanyāAn unmarried girl or daughter; R.1.51.2.1,3.33; Ms.1.8.

    [Uṇ.4.111]

    1. An unmarried girl or daughter; R.1.51.2.1,3.33; Ms.1.8.
    2. A girl ten years old.
    3. A virgin, maiden; Ms.8.367,3.33.
    4. A woman in general.
    5. The sixth sign of the zodiac, id est, that is Virgo.
    6. Name of Durgā; Mb.3.
    7. Large cardamoms.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्तःपुरम् the women's apartments; सुरक्षितेऽपि कन्यान्तःपुरे कश्चित्प्रविशति Pt.1; Mv.2.5.

    • -आट

      1. Adjective following after or hunting young girls.
      2. (टः) the inner apartments of a house.
      3. a man who hunts or goes after young girls.

    • -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.

    • -कुमारि Feminine, -री also कन्यकुमारी Name of Durgā; कन्यकुमारि धीमहि Mahānār 3.12.

    • -गतम् the position of a planet in the sign Virgo.

    • -ग्रहणम् taking a girl in marriage.

    • -दानम् giving away a girl in marriage; अद्भिरेव द्विजाग्ऱ्याणां कन्यादानं विशिष्यते Ms.3.35.

    • -दूषकः The violator of a virgin; Ms.3.164.

    • -दूषणम् defilement of a virgin.

    • -दोषः a defect or blemish in al, bad repute (such as a disease etc.) -धनम् dowry; a girl's property.

    • -पतिः 'daughter's husband', a son-in-law.

    • -पालः a dealer in slave girls.

    • -पुत्रः, -गर्भः the son of an unmarried daughter (called कानीन); संघर्ष- जननस्तस्मात्कन्यागर्भो विनिर्मितः Mb.12.2.4.

    • -पुरम् the women's apartments.

    • -प्रदानम् Giving a daughter in marriage; Ms.3.29-31.

    • -भर्तृ

      1. -Masculine
      2. a son-in-law.
      3. Name f Kārttikeya.

    • -भैक्ष्यम् Begging for a girl; Mb.

    • -रत्नम् a very fine girl; कन्यारत्नमयोनिजन्म भवतामास्ते Mv.1.3.

    • -राशिः the sign Virgo.

    • -वेदिन् -Masculine a son-in-law (marrying one's girl); Y.1.262.

    • -व्रतस्था A woman in her monthly state; मयि कन्याव्रतस्थायां जमुर्मन्दा- किनीतटम् Ks.26.56.

    • -शुल्कम् money given to the bride's father as her price, purchase-money of a girl.

    • -समुद्भव Adjective Born from an unmarried woman; Ms.9.172.

    • -स्वयंवरः the choice of a husband by a maiden.

    • -हरणम् ravishment or seduction of a maiden; प्रसह्य कन्याहरणं राक्षसो विधिरुच्यते Ms.3.33.

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  2. अकन्याakanyāNo virgin, a maid who is not so any longer; अकन्येति तु यः कन्यां ब्रूयाद् द्वेषेण मानवः Ms.8.225.

    [न. त.]

    No virgin, a maid who is not so any longer; अकन्येति तु यः कन्यां ब्रूयाद् द्वेषेण मानवः Ms.8.225.

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  3. अविरविकन्यायaviravikanyāyaSee अव्यविकन्यायः

    See अव्यविकन्यायः

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कन्याkanyā[kan-yâ] f. girl, virgin; daughter; Virgo (in the Zodiac); - ͜ âgâra, n. women's apart ments; -griha, n. id.…

    [kan-yâ] feminine; also equal for girl, virgin; daughter; Virgo (in the Zodiac); - ͜ âgâra, neuter women's apart ments; -griha, neuter the same; -tva, neuter virginity; -dâtri, masculine man who gives a daughter in mar riage; -dâna, neuter bestowal of a daughter in marriage; -dûshin, adjective deflowering a virgin; -pura, neuter women's apartments; -bhâva, masculine virginity; -bhaiksha, neuter begging for a girl; -maya, adjective consisting of a maiden or daughter; -vat, adjective having a daughter; masculine father of a daughter; -vedin, masculine son-in-law; -vrata, neuter monthlies: -sthâ, feminine; also equal for menstruating woman.

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  2. अकन्याakanyā[a-kanyâ] f. no longer a maid.

    [a-kanyâ] feminine; also equal for no longer a maid.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कन्याkanyāf. see कन्य्/आ below; ([cf. Zd. kainin; Hib. cain, "chaste, undefiled."])
    1. feminine see कन्य्/आ below; ([confer, compare Zend kainin; Hibernian or Irish cain, "chaste, undefiled."])
    2. feminine (√कन् Un2. iv, 111), a girl, virgin, daughter fg-veda AV. etc. MBh. etc. (कन्यां √दा or प्र-√दा or प्र-√यम् or उप-√पद्, Causal to give one's daughter in marriage Mn. viii, ix; कन्यां प्रति-√ग्रह् or √हृ or √वह्, to receive a girl in marriage, marry Mn. ix)
    3. feminine the sign of the zodiac Virgo VarBr2. and VarBr2S. etc.
    4. feminine the female of any animal Mr2icch.
    5. feminine Name of Durga1 दुर्गा MBh. iii, 8115
    6. feminine Name of a tuberous plant growing in Kas3mi1ra कश्मीर Sus3r.
    7. feminine Aloe Perfoliata Lexicographers
    8. feminine several other plants Lexicographers
    9. feminine Name of a metre (of four lines, each of them containing four long syllables).
    10. (in compound)
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  2. अकन्याakanyāf. not a virgin Mn.

    feminine not a virgin Mn.

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  3. अनृतुकन्याanṛtukanyāf. a girl before menstruation.

    feminine a girl before menstruation.

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  4. अन्धचटकन्यायandhacaṭakanyāyam. the rule of the blind man catching a sparrow (cf. घुणा * क्षर - न्य् ˚), A.

    masculine gender the rule of the blind man catching a sparrow (confer, compare घुणा * क्षर - न्य् that the rest of a word is to be supplied), A.

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  5. अब्धिकन्याabdhikanyāf. patr. of Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी, Kuval.

    feminine patronymic of Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी, Kuval.

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