Kancanamaya, Kāñcanamaya: 7 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Kanchanamaya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKāñcanamaya (काञ्चनमय):—(von 1. kāñcana) adj. f. ī golden [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 81, 11. 4, 51, 12. 6, 37, 4.] [Pañcatantra 236, 5.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKāñcanamaya (काञ्चनमय):—Adj. (f. ī) golden.
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