Kanta, Kānta, Kaṇṭa, Kāntā, Kamta, Kānṭā: 35 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṇṭa (कण्ट):—= kaṇṭaka am Anf. einiger compp. (s. kaṇṭakuraṇṭa fgg.) und in kaṇṭala, kaṇṭālu, kaṇṭin .
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Kanta (कन्त):—und kanti (vom indecl. kam) adj. glücklich [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 138.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 31.]
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Kānta (कान्त):—(von 2. kam)
1) adj. begehrt, geliebt (subst. Geliebter, Gatte); lieblich, schön s. u. 2. kam. —
2) m. a) Mond [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Fühling. — c) Name einer Pflanze, Barringtonia acutangula Gaertn. (hijjala), [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Eisen [Medinīkoṣa t. 9.] Vgl. 3,b. — e) Stein nach Synonymen von candra, sūrya und ayas [Medinīkoṣa] Stein schlechtweg [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 162.] Nach [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 2, 16] m. in den eben genannten Verbindungen. Wenn das comp. candrakānta u.s.w. einen best. Stein bezeichnet, so hat doch kānta in dieser Verbindung nur die gewöhnliche Bed. von begehrt, geliebt. — f) ein Beiname Kṛṣṇa’s [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] Skanda's [Mahābhārata 3, 14631.] —
2) f. kāntā a) Geliebte, Gattin u.s.w. s. u. 2. kam. — b) Erde [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 155.] Oder ist etwa mahākāntā zu verbinden? — c) Name zweier Pflanzen: α) = priyaṅgu [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — β) = nāgaramustā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) grosse Kardamomen (vṛhadelā). — d) ein best. Parfum (s. reṇukā) [Rājanirghaṇṭa] — e) Name eines Metrums (4 Mal ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯, ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯, ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯) [Colebrooke II, 162 (XII, 9).] —
3) n. a) Safran [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) eine Art Eisen: svāduryatra bhavennimbakalko rātriṃdivoṣitaḥ . kāntaṃ taduttamaṃ yacca rūpyeṇāvartitaṃ milet .. [SUKHABODHA im Śabdakalpadruma] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 969.]
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Kaṇṭa (कण्ट):—Dorn [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 3, 7.] — Vgl. tri, bhadra, bhuja, bahukaṇṭā .
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Kānta (कान्त):—
3) b) [Oxforder Handschriften 321,a, No. 761.]
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Kānta (कान्त):—
3) b) = kāntaloha Magnet [KĀLACAKRA 2, 70.] pātra [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 228.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKaṇṭa (कण्ट):—m. —
1) Dorn. —
2) *Dorfgrenze [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Kanta (कन्त):—und kanti Adj. glücklich.
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Kānta (कान्त):—1. —
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) begehrt , geliebt. — b) liebreich , reizend. —
2) m. — a) Geliebter , Gatte [170,7.] [Indische sprüche 7619.7678.] — b) *der Mond. — c) *Frühling. — d) *Barringtonia acutangul. — e) *Eisen. — f) *Stein. — g) Beiname — α) Skanda's. — β) *Kṛṣṇa’s — h) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Dharmanetra [Harivaṃśa 1,33,3.] —
3) f. ā — a) Geliebte , Gattin. [122,22.134,5.167,30.] — b) *ein reizendes Weib. — c) *die Erde. — d) *Fennich. — e) *eine Art Cyperus. — f) *grosse Kardamomen. — g) *Piper aurantiacum. — h) ein best. Metrum. — i) eine best. Śruti [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 24.] —
4) n. — a) *Safran. — b) eine Art Eisen. — c) Magnet. — d) *eine Art Haus [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Kānta (कान्त):—2. Adj. auf ka auslautend [Indische sprüche 7640.]
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Text 19 < [Chapter 6 - Ṣaṣṭha-yāma-sādhana (Sāyaṃ-kālīya-bhajana–bhāva)]
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