Kanta, Kānta, Kaṇṭa, Kāntā, Kamta, Kānṭā: 35 definitions

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

Kaṇṭa (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 Fassung

Kaṇṭa (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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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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