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कांता (kAMtA)

 
Apte 1890
English
कांता 1 A beloved or lovely woman.
2 A mistress, wife in general
कांतासखस्य शयनीयशिलातलं ते U. 3. 21
so Śi. 10. 73.
3 The Priyangu creeper.
4 Large cardamoms.
5 A kind of perfume.
6 The earth.
Comp.
अंघ्रिदोहदः the Aśoka tree
see अशोक.
L R Vaidya
English
kAMta {% (I) a. (f. ता) %} 1. Desired, loved, dear
2. pleasing, भीमकांतैर्नृपगुणैः R.i.16
3. lovely, beautiful.
kAMta {% (II) m. %} 1. A lover
2. a husband, कांतकांतवदनप्रतिबिंबे (मधुनि) Sis.x.3, 29
3. the moon
4. the spring
5. a kind of iron
6. a previous stone (in composition with सूर्य, चंद्र and अयस्)
7. an epithet of Kārtikeya.
kAMta {% (III) n. %} Saffron.
kAMtA {% f. %} 1. A beloved or lovely woman
2. a mistress, a wife, Sis.x.73, Megh.ii.16
3. the Priyangu creeper
4. the earth.