Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for कन्यका

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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
  
  कन्यिका kanyikā, कन्यिका 1 Young girl.
  
  A virgin. According to पराशरसंहिता, a कन्यका is a ten years old girl दशमे कन्यका प्रोक्ता; कन्यका हि निर्दोषदर्शना भवन्ति Nāg.1.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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
Source: Monier-Williams

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