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कांडः (kAMDaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
कांडः,
डं 1 A section, a part in general.
2 The portion of a plant from one knot to another.
3 A stem, stock, branch
लीलोत्खातमृणालकांडकवलच्छेदे U. 3. 16
Amaru. 95, Ms. 1. 46, 48, Māl. 9. 34.
4 Any division of a work, such as a chapter of a book
as the seven Kāṇḍas of the Rām.
5 A separate department or subject
e. g. कर्म° &c.
6 A cluster, bundle, multitude.
7 An arrow.
8 A long bone, a bone of the arms or legs.
9 cane, reed.
10 A stick, staff.
11 Water.
12 Opportunity, occasion.
13 Private place.
14 A kind of measure.
15 Praise, flattery.
16 A horse.
17 Vile, bad, sinful, (at the end of comp. only).
Comp.
कारः a maker of arrows. (
रं) the betel-nut.
गोचरः an iron arrow.
पटः,
पटकः a screen surrounding a tent, curtain
Śi. 5. 22.
पातः an arrow's flight, range of an arrow.
पृष्ठः {1} one of the military profession, a soldier. {2} the husband of a Vaiśya woman. {3} an adopted son, any other than one's own son. {4} (as a term of reproach) a base-born fellow, one who is faithless to his family, caste, religion, profession &c. In Mv. 3 Jāmadagnya is styled by शतानंद as कांडपृष्ठ
(स्वकुलं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा यो वै परकुलं व्रजेत् । तेन दुश्चरितेनासौ कांडपृष्ठ इति स्मृतः ॥). (
ष्ठं) the bow of Karṇa & Kāma.
भंगः
भग्नं a fracture of the bone or limbs.
वीणा the lute of a Cāṇḍāla.
संधिः a knot joint (as of a plant).
स्पृष्टः one who lives by arms, a warrior, soldier.