Kankana, Kaṅkaṇa, Kaṅkana, Kaṅkaṇā, Kamkana: 24 definitions

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Kankana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kaṅkaṇa (कङ्कण):—

1) m. n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 13.] Reif, ringförmiger Schmuck; am Fusse eines Elephanten: gajaḥ kaṅkaṇabhūṣaṇaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 15757.] als Waffe gebraucht: triśūlamastraṃ ghoraṃ ca kāpālamatha kaṅkaṇam [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 6, 12.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 29, 13.] als Schmuck am Handgelenk getragen: dānena pāṇirna tu kaṅkaṇena (vibhāti) [Bhartṛhari 2, 63.] suvarṇakaṅkaṇa [Hitopadeśa 10, 9. 17. 11, 5. 12, 1.] karapallavakaṅkaṇa [Caurapañcāśikā 34.] lolakaṅkaṇaraṇatkāra [Prabodhacandrodaja 40, 6. 104, 3.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 16, 30.] karakaṅkaṇadvaya [Sāhityadarpana 47, 3.] matkaṅkaṇanyastaṃ muktāphalam [57, 13.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. āḥ sphuratkarakaṅkaṇe voc. [Śrutabodha] [?(BR.) 39.] = karabhūṣaṇa [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 9.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 663.] = hastasūtra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 124.] = karabhūṣaṇa, hastasūtra, maṇḍana [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 196. 197.] = karabhūṣā, sūtra, maṇḍana [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 40.] = śekhara Kranz [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] —

2) f. ī = kiṅkiṇī ein Schmuck mit klingenden Glöckchen [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 11.] [Śabdakalpadruma] — Wird von kaṇ mit Redupl. abgeleitet.

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Kaṅkaṇa (कङ्कण):—

1) [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 24.] maṇī [117.] atha parasparaṃ kaṅkaṇabandhanaṃ karoti [VIVĀHAPADDH.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 312.] —

3) m. Nomen proprium eines Lehrers [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 211.] —

4) f. ā Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2634.]

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Kaṅkaṇa (कङ्कण):—

1) a) eine Jungfrau trägt nur ein kaṅkaṇa Comm. zu [Kapila 4, 10.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kaṅkaṇa (कङ्कण):——

1) (*m.) n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Reif , ringförmiger Schmuck , Armband , ringförmige Waffe.

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Lehrers.

3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's. —

4) *f. ī ein Schmuck mit Glöckchen.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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