Kankana, Kaṅkaṇa, Kaṅkana, Kaṅkaṇā, Kamkana: 24 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṅkaṇa (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 FassungKaṅkaṇa (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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Starts with (+21): Kamkanabaddha, Kamkanabaddhe, Kamkanabala, Kamkanagala, Kamkanagara, Kamkanagattu, Kamkanagilu, Kamkanagrahana, Kamkanakai, Kamkanakattu, Kamkanaprapti, Kamkanatodu, Kamkanavalaya, Kan-kanacevakan, Kan-kanakaran, Kankana acarya, Kankana gaala, Kankana kavi, Kankana-gaala, Kankana-gala.
Ends with: Ahikamkana, Arasinakamkana, Baddhakamkana, Dharekamkana, Govinda kavikankana, Govindananda kavikankana, Hastakamkana, Kavikankana, Kvanatkamkana, Maduvekamkana, Manikamkana, Mumgaikamkana, Nagakamkana, Purvakamkana, Ratnakankana, Sarpakamkana, Suvarnakankana, Virakankana, Vyalakamkana, Yajnakamkana.
Full-text (+26): Kankanin, Kankanadhara, Kankanapriya, Kankanabhushana, Kankanavicarccanam, Kankan, Kankanamani, Kankanavarsha, Kankani, Kankana gaala, Kamkana, Kankanapura, Kankanavarshita, Kankanaharika, Virakankanam, Kangan, Kankana kavi, Suvarnakankana, Mridankana, Karunyalaharistava.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.20.9 < [Chapter 20 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 1.12.25 < [Chapter 12 - Description of Śrī Nanda’s Festival]
Verse 2.20.8 < [Chapter 20 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 7 - Comparison [of the Maṅkhakośa] with other koṣas < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]
Part 1 - Rīti or the style < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
6. Dress and Decoration < [Chapter 5]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 37 - Importance of Offering a Bracelet (kaṅkaṇa) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 40 - The Birth of Mahākāla: The Arrangement of Four Yugas < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Shoulder and Arm Ornaments (Bhujabhushana) (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Bracelets (a): Separate bangles around each wrist < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Conclusion (Material Culture) < [Chapter 5 - Conclusion]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
Images of Chakrathalvar < [Chapter 5]
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