कन्या kanyā

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

A girl, a virgin.
A daughter.
The sign Virgo.
A name of Durgā.

Usual translation

  1. kumari

Origin of the definition

कन्या kanyā kannyā: (nf) a virgin; daughter; girl; (राशि) virgo; ~रासी possessing an effeminate disposition or temper; weakling; ~दान giving away a daughter in marriage.

S کنيا कन्या kanyā, and H. कनिया kaṇiyā, s.f. A girl (not above ten years of age), an unmarried girl, a maiden, a virgin; a daughter; the sign Virgo; — a name of Durgā: — kanyā-pāṇi-grahaṇ (The bridegroom's) taking the hand of the bride: — kanyā-putr, or kanyā-sut, s.m. The son of an unmarried girl: — kanyā-dān, s.m. The giving a girl in marriage; — a dowry: — kanyā-kubja, s.m. The ancient name of the city and country of Kanauj (the etymology — kanyā, 'girl,' and kubja, 'crooked' — refers to a legend relating to the hundred daughters of Kuśanābha, the king of the city, who were all rendered crooked by Vāyu for non-compliance with his licentious desires): — kanyā-kumārī, s.f. 'The youthful goddess,' an epithet of Durgā; — name of the southern promontory of the peninsula of India, Cape Comorin: — kanyā-vāṇī, s.f. Rain that falls when the sun is in Virgo, September rain.

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Thursday 20 August 2020
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