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Results for कान्ता
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
कान्ताkāntā1 A beloved or lovely woman.
1 A beloved or lovely woman.
A mistress, wife in general; कान्तासखस्य शयनीयशिलातलं तेUbbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.21; Śi.1.73.
The Priyaṅgu creeper.
Large cardamoms.
A kind of perfume.
The earth.
Derived forms and compounds
-अङ्घ्रिदोहदः the Aśoka tree; see अशोक. (Compare also कान्ताचरणदोहदः.)
कान्ताङ्घ्रिदोहदkāntāṅghridohadam. "having a longing desire for contact with the foot of a beautiful woman" (to hasten its blossoms), the tree…
masculine gender "having a longing desire for contact with the foot of a beautiful woman" (to hasten its blossoms), the tree Jonesia Asoka Lexicographers
कान्ताचरणदोहदkāntācaraṇadohadam. "having a longing desire for contact with the foot of a beautiful woman" (to hasten its blossoms), the tree…
masculine gender "having a longing desire for contact with the foot of a beautiful woman" (to hasten its blossoms), the tree Jonesia Asoka Lexicographers