कन्या-दान kanyā-dān

दान dān (sanskrit)

Donation, charity, alms, a religious gift (in cash or kind).
A suffix used to denote a stand, container or pot etc.

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.