kānta कान्त – desired, loved, dear
adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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Cappeller 1891 adjective
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kānta ·a. desired, loved, lovely, beautiful. m. the beloved man, husband; f. beloved or lovely woman, mistress, wife.
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective
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kānta kānta, as, ā, am (fr. 2. kam), desired, loved, dear; pleasing, agreeable; lovely, beautiful; (as), m. a lover, a husband; any one beloved; the moon; spring; the plant Barringtonia Acutangula [cf. hijjala]; iron; stone; a precious stone (in which sense it is compounded with sūrya, candra, and ayas); an epithet of Kṛṣṇa, and of Skanda; (ā), f. a beloved or lovely woman, a wife, a mistress; the earth; N. of a plant (commonly called priyaṅgu); also of another plant (= nāgara-mustā); large car- damoms; a kind of perfume (see reṇukā); N. of a metre of four lines of seventeen syllables each; (am), n. saffron; a species of iron.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
kānta (von 2. kam) 1〉 adj. begehrt, geliebt (subst. Geliebter, Gatte); lieblich, schön s. u. 2. kam. — 2〉 m. a〉 Mond ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — b〉 Frühling. — c〉 Name einer Pflanze, Barringtonia acutangula Gaertn. (hijjala), RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — d〉 Eisen MED. t. 9. Vgl. 3,b. — e〉 Stein nach Synonymen von candra, sūrya und ayas MED. Stein schlechtweg H. an. 2,162. Nach AK. 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 Bein. Kṛṣṇaʼs ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. Skandaʼs MBH. 3,14631. — 2〉 f. kāntā a〉 Geliebte, Gattin u. s. w. s. u. 2. kam. — b〉 Erde TRIK. 2,1,2. H. ś. 155. Oder ist etwa mahākāntā zu verbinden? — c〉 N. zweier Pflanzen: α〉 = priyaṅgu H. an. MED. — β〉 = nāgaramustā RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 grosse Kardamomen (vṛhadelā). — d〉 ein best. Parfum (s. reṇukā) RĀJAN. — e〉 N. eines Metrums (4 Mal ⏑ – – –, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ –, ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ –) COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 162 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. XII, 9). — 3〉 n. a〉 Safran RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — b〉 eine Art Eisen: svāduryatra bhavennimbakalko rātriṃdivoṣitaḥ . kāntaṃ taduttamaṃ yacca rūpyeṇāvartitaṃ milet .. SUKHABODHA_im_ŚKDR. Verz. d. B. H. No. 969.
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kānta 3〉b〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 321,a, No. 761.
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kānta 3〉b〉 = kāntaloha Magnet KĀLACAKRA 2,70. ˚pātra VYUTP. 228.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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1. kānta — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 begehrt, geliebt. — b〉 liebreich, reizend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Geliebter, Gatte Chr. 170,7. Spr. 7619. Spr. 7678. — b〉 *der Mond. — c〉 *Frühling. — d〉 *Barringtonia acutangula. — e〉 *Eisen. — f〉 *Stein. — g〉 Bein. — α〉 Skandaʼs. — β〉 *Kṛṣṇaʼs. — h〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Dharmanetra HARIV. 1,33,3. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 Geliebte, Gattin. Chr. 122,22. Chr. 134,5. Chr. 167,30. — b〉 *ein reizendes Weib. — c〉 *die Erde. — d〉 *Fennich. — e〉 *eine Art Cyperus. [Page2-046-c] — f〉 *grosse Kardamomen. — g〉 *Piper aurantiacum. — h〉 ein best. Metrum. — i〉 eine best. Śruti S. S. S. 24. — 4〉 n. — a〉 *Safran. — b〉 eine Art Eisen. — c〉 Magnet. — d〉 *eine Art Haus GAL.
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2. kānta Adj. auf ka auslautend Spr. 7640.
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1. kānta m. auch *Anas casarca GAL. [Nachtrag, Band 2]
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1. kānta 2〉f〉 vgl. ZACH. Beitr. [Nachtrag, Band 5]
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1. kānta II. 2. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
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kānta (s. 3. kam) gegehrt, geliebt, reizend, schön; m. Geliebter, Gatte; f. ā Geliebte, Gattin.
Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified
Original text · French · Word type unspecified
kānta kānta (pp. de kam) aimé, chéri; désiré. Agréable, beau, magnifique, brillant. — S. m. mari, époux, le bien-aimé. Lune. Fer. Surnom de Kṛṣṇa. — kāntā f. épouse; bien-aimée; maîtresse. Esp. de plante; cf. priaṅgu. kāntapakṣin m. l'oiseau magnifique, le paon. kāntalaka m. cedrela tunna, arbre dont l'écorce est fébrifuge. kāntāṅghridohada m. et kāntācaraṇadohada m. l'asoca [qui passe pour fleurir à l'approche d'une femme bien-aimée].
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