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कन्दर्प

   { kandarpḥ, kandarpa }
Script: Devanagari

कन्दर्प

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
KANDARPA   Another name for Kāmadeva. Kāmadeva was born of the mind of Brahmā and as soon as he was born he turned to Brahmā and asked “Kaṁ darpayāmi?” (Whom should I make proud?) So Brahmā gave him the name Kaṁdarpa alias Kandarpa. [Lāvāṇakalambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara, Taraṅga 6] .

कन्दर्प

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
कन्दर्प  m. m. (etym. doubtful; according to some fr.कं-दर्प, ‘inflamer even of a god’ See 3., or ‘of great wantonness’), N. of काम (q.v.), love, lust, [MBh.] ; [Bhag.] ; [Suśr.] &c.
   (in mus.) a particular राग (q.v.)
   a kind of time
   membrum virile, [L.]
   N. of a man, [Kathās.]

कन्दर्प

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
कन्दर्पः [kandarpḥ]   1 N. of Cupid, the god of love; प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः [Bg.1.28;] कन्दर्प इव रूपेण [Mb.]
   Love. (कन्दर्प is thus derived: कं दर्पयामीति मदाज्जातमात्रो जगाद च । तेन कंदर्प- नामानं तं चकार चतुर्मुखः ॥) -Comp.
-कूपः   pudenda muliebre.
-ज्वरः   fever of love, passion, vehement desire.
-दहनः, -मथनः  N. N. of Śiva.
-मुषलः, -मुसलः   the male organ of generation.
   शृङ्खलः membrum virile.
   a particular mode of sexual enjoyment or coitus (रतिबन्ध).

कन्दर्प

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
कन्दर्प  m.  (-र्पः) A name of the deity KAMA, the CUPID of the Hiudu mythology.
   E. कं BRAHMA, दर्प to inflame, अच् affix; the inflamer even of the first of the gods; corresponding in this respect with his Grecian prototype.
ROOTS:
कं दर्प अच्
  f.  (-र्पा) One of the presiding female deities of the Jainas.

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