Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kāmya काम्य – as, ā, am, desirable, beautiful

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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Cappeller 1891 adjective

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kā́mya ·a. desirable, precious, lovely, pleasant; voluntary, relating to or sprung from a certain wish, egoistical.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified

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2. kāmya, as, ā, am, desirable, beautiful; amiable, lovely, agreeable; optional, supererogatory, performed for some particular object and opposed to the nitya- karma or fixed and indispensable observance; relating to desire, will, &c., done through lust or passion; per- formed through the desire of some advantage (as a religious ceremony &c.); (ā), f., N. of an Apsaras, a daughter of Kardama.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

1. kāmya, nom. P. kāmyati (in composition with an object), to have a desire for (e. g. putra-kāmyati, to have a desire for children).

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

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kā́mya (von kāma) 1〉 adj. f. ā a〉 begehrenswerth, köstlich; liebenswerth, beliebt, angenehm H. 1445. ga̱ṇairindràsya̱ kāmyaìḥ ṚV. 1,6,8. kāmyā̱ harī̀ 2. sadàsa̱spati̱madbhùtaṃ pri̱yamindràsya̱ kāmyàm ṚV. 18,6. ṚV. 10,21,5. e̱vā hyàsya̱ kāmyā̱ stomà u̱kthaṃ ca̱ śaṃsyā̀ . indrā̀ya̱ somàpītaye .. ṚV. 1,8,10. vasù ṚV. 2,22,3. ṚV. 5,61,10. rādhàḥ ṚV. 2,38,11. ra̱yim ṚV. 9,97,21. ma̱tsa̱raḥ ṚV. 2,41,14. madhù ṚV. 9,85,4. dhe̱nuḥ pra̱tnasya̱ kāmya̱ṃ duhā̀nā ṚV. 3,58,1. ṚV. 5,19,4. VS. 3,27. dakṣiṇāṃ pradadau kāmyām R. 2,25,29. kāmyaśca vijayo raṇe R. 5,43,13. nāsau na kāmyaḥ RAGH. 6,30. tayoḥ khalu sudhā viṣṭhā ca kāmyāśanam ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,7. kāmyotpatti (v. l. kāmo˚) BHARTṚ. 3,40. kāmyadāna AK. 3,3,3. sarvakāmya allen Wünschen entsprechend SUND. 4,7. — b〉 beliebig: upāṃśu kāmyadevatā KĀTY. ŚR. 4,5,1. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 3,11,5. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 6,1,35. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,7. Z. d. d. m. G. 9, LXIX. — c〉 mit einem Wunsche in Verbindung stehend, in einer egoistischen Absicht unternommen gaṇa svargādi zu P. 5,1,111, Vārtt. 2. sattra KĀTY. ŚR. 12,6,15. von verschiedenen iṣṭi, z. B. āyuṣkāmeṣṭi, putrakāmeṣṭi, lokeṣṭi ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,10. GṚHY. 3,6. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 2,5,1. samṛddhihomāḥ kāmyahomāśca KAUŚ. 5. karmasu kāmyeṣu CHĀND. UP. 5,2,9. kāmyo hi vedādhigamaḥ M. 2,2. iha cāmutra vā kāmyaṃ karma kīrtyate M. 12,89. BHAG. 18,2. RAGH. 10,51. BHĀG. P. 4,29,54. kāmyamagnihotrādi BHĀG. P. 7,15,48. kāmyāni karmāṇi ca vaidikāni MBH. 14,340. paśubandhāśca kāmyanaimittikāśca ye MBH. 3,1131. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 121. iṣṭāpūrtasya kāmyānāṃ (d. i. karmaṇāṃ) trivargasya ca yo vidhiḥ BHĀG. P. 2,8,21. — 2〉 f. kāmyā N. pr. einer Apsaras MBH. 1,4820. HARIV. 12473. einer Tochter Kardamaʼs HARIV. 58. fg. VP. 161. VP. 83, N. 6. Das nom. act. kāmyā s. weiter unten.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kāmya 1〉a〉 rājakāmyāṃ yoṣitam Spr. 4347. kāmya und a˚ KAP. 1,85. — b〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 266,b,42. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 267,a,5. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 267,a,39. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 267,b,24.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

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kā́mya (kā́mia) — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 begehrenswerth, köstlich, liebenswerth, beliebt, angenehm. — b〉 beliebig. — c〉 mit einem Wunsche in Verbindung stehend, in einer egoistischen Absicht unternommen. — 2〉 *m. Terminalia alata NIGH. PR. — 3〉 f. kāmyā N. pr. — a〉 einer Apsaras. — b〉 verschiedener Frauen VP.² 1,108. 155. 2,99. fg. 263. Vgl. auch kāmyā.

Apte 1890 adjective

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kāmya a. [kam-yat] 1 To be desired, desirable: sudhā viṣṭhā ca kāmyāśanaṃ Śānti. 2. 8. 2 Optional, performed for some particular object (opp. nitya); aṃte kāmyasya karmaṇaḥ R. 10. 50; Ms. 2. 2; Ms. 12. 89; Bg. 18. 2. 3 Beautiful, lovely, charming, handsome; nāsau na kāmyaḥ R. 6. 30; U. 5. 12. — myā A wish, desire, intention, request; brāhmaṇakāmyā Mk. 3; R. 1. 35; Bg. 10. 1. Comp. — abhiprāyaḥ a self-interested motive or purpose. — karman n. a rite performed for some particular object and with a view to future fruition. — gir a. sweet-voiced, having a pleasing voice; Śi. 6. 8. ( — f.) an agreeable speech. — dānaṃ 1 an acceptable gift. 2 a free-will offering voluntary gift. — maraṇaṃ voluntary death, suicide. — vṛttaṃ voluntary vow.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

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kā́mya begehrenswert, lieblich, angenehm. Abstr. kāmyatā f., ˚tva n.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

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kāmya kāmya (pf. de kam) qu'on doit ou qu'on peut aimer; aimable, désirable. Loisible, facultatif. kāmyaka m. n. np. d'une forêt dans le Mahābhārata. kāmyakarma n. œuvre de bonne volonté [et non obligée, nityakarma]. kāmyadāna n. (dā) don agréable. Don facultatif [et non obligatoire ni forcé].

Occurrences in source texts (2)

SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 1.20-1.31: Karma und Erkenntnis 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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