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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कान्तkāntap. p.Desired, favourite, loved, dear; कान्तं क्रतुं चाक्षुषम् M.1.4.

    [कम्-क्त]

    1. Desired, favourite, loved, dear; कान्तं क्रतुं चाक्षुषम् M.1.4.
    2. Pleasing, agreeable; भीमकान्तैर्नृपगुणैः R.1.16.
    3. Lovely, beautiful; सर्वः कान्तमात्मीयं पश्यति Ś.2.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -तः

      1. A lover.
      2. A husband; कान्तोदन्तः सुहृदुपगतः संगमात् किंचिदूनः Me.12; Śi.1.3, 29.
      3. Any beloved person.
      4. The moon.
      5. The spring.
      6. A kind of iron.
      7. A precious stone (in comp. with सूर्य, चन्द्र and अयस्).
      8. An epithet of (1) Kārttikeya, (2) Kṛiṣṇa.

    • -तम्

      1. Saffron.
      2. A kind of iron. -comp.

    • -अयसम् the loadstone.

    • -नावकम् Adjective Variety of hides; Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.

    • -पक्षिन् Masculine a peacock (of iron).

    • -पुष्पः a kind of tree (कोविदारवृक्ष).

    • -लोहम् the loadstone.

    • -लौहम् steel.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कान्तkānta[kânta] pp. (√kam) desired; beloved; charming; m. lover, husband: â, f. sweet heart, wife; -ka, m. N.; -tva…
    1. [kânta] perfect passive participle (√kam) desired; beloved; charming; masculine lover, husband: â, feminine; also equal for sweet heart, wife; -ka, masculine noun; -tva, neuter loveliness, charm.
    2. [ka ͜ anta] adjective ending in ka (grammatical term).
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  2. अंशुकान्तaṃśukānta[amsuka ͜ anta] m. hem of a garment.

    [amsuka ͜ anta] masculine hem of a garment.

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  3. अनेकान्तanekānta[aneka ͜ anta] m. no absolute case; i-ka, a. not to the point, irrelevant.

    [aneka ͜ anta] masculine no absolute case; i-ka, adjective not to the point, irrelevant.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कान्तkānta&c. see s.v.
    1. etc. see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender (from √2. कम्), desired, loved, dear, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, beautiful
    3. masculine gender any one beloved, a lover, husband
    4. masculine gender the moon Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender the spring Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender the plant Barringtonia Acutangula Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender iron Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender a stone (confer, compare सूर्य-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, etc.) Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender Name of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender of Skanda स्कन्द MBh. iii, 14631
    11. masculine gender of a son of Dharma-netra धर्म-नेत्र Hariv. i, 33, 3
    12. masculine gender a charming wife Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender the earth Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender Name of certain plants Lexicographers
    15. masculine gender large cardamoms Lexicographers
    16. masculine gender a kind of perfume (रेणुका, Piper aurantiacum) Lexicographers
    17. masculine gender Name of a metre of four lines of seventeen syllables each
    18. masculine gender a kind of S3ruti श्रुति
    19. neuter gender saffron Lexicographers
    20. neuter gender a kind of iron Lexicographers
    21. neuter gender a magnet Buddh.
    22. neuter gender a kind of house Lexicographers
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  2. अतिकान्तatikāntamfn. excessively beloved.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective excessively beloved.

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  3. अनुनासिकान्तanunāsikāntam. a radical ending in a nasal.

    masculine gender a radical ending in a nasal.

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  4. अनेकान्तanekāntamfn. not alone and excluding every other, uncertain.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not alone and excluding every other, uncertain.

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  5. अनेकान्तत्वanekāntatvan. uncertainty.

    neuter gender uncertainty.

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  6. अनेकान्तवादanekāntavādam. scepticism.

    masculine gender scepticism.

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