कङ्कण

{ kaṅkaṇḥ, kaṅkaṇa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KAṄKAṆA   A follower of Skandadeva. [Śloka 16, Chapter 46, Śalya Parva] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कङ्कण  m.  n. ( अस् m., [L.]), (√ कै Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 24]), a bracelet, ornament for the wrist, ring, [MBh.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Hit.] &c.
   a band or ribbon (tied round the wrist of a bride or bridegroom before marriage), [Mcar.]
   an annual weapon, [MBh.]
   an ornament round the feet of an elephant, [MBh. iii, 15757]
   any ornament or trinket
   a crest
   a drop of water, [Dharmaś.]
कङ्कण  m.  m. N. of a teacher
    N. of a poet, [Cat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कङ्कणः [kaṅkaṇḥ] णम् [ṇam]   णम् 1 A bracelet; दानेन पाणिर्न तु कङ्कणेन विभाति [Bh.2.71;] इदं सुवर्णकङ्कणं गृह्यताम् [H.1.]
   The marriage-string (fastened round the wrist); अयमागृहीत- कमनीयकङ्कणः. (-करः) [U.1.18;] [Māl.9.9;] देव्यः कङ्कण- मोक्षणाय मिलिता राजन् वरः प्रेष्यताम् [Mv.2.5.]
   An ornament in general.
   A crest.
-णः   Water-spray; नितम्बे हाराली नयनयुगले कङ्कणभरम् Udb.
   णी, कङ्कणीका A small bell or tinkling ornament.
   An ornament furnished with bells. -Comp.
-धरः, -रा   A bridegroom; bride.
-भूषण a.  a. adorned with tinkling ornaments.-मणी f. the jewel in a bracelet.

Shabda-Sagara

कङ्कण  mn.  ( -णः-णं)
   1. A bracelet or ornament of the wrist.
   2. A string or ribband tied round the wrist.
   3. An ornament or trinket.
   4. A crest.
  f.  ( -णी) A small bell or tinkling ornament; also किङ्किणी and कङ्कणीका.
    E. कं happily, agreeably, कण् to sound, or the reiterative form of कण and अच् affix, fem. affix ङीष्.

ROOTS:

कं कण् कण अच् ङीष्