कन्या [kanyā] [Uṇ.4.111]
An unmarried girl or daughter;
[R.1.51.2.1,3.33;] [Ms.1.8.] A girl ten years old.
A virgin, maiden;
[Ms.8.367,3.33.] A woman in general.
The sixth sign of the zodiac, i. e. Virgo.
N. N. of Durgā;
[Mb.3.] Large cardamoms. -Comp.
-अन्तःपुरम् the women's apartments; सुरक्षितेऽपि कन्यान्तःपुरे कश्चित्प्रविशति
[Pt.1;] [Mv.2.5.] -आट a. following after or hunting young girls.
(टः) the inner apartments of a house.
a man who hunts or goes after young girls.
-कुब्जः N. N. of a country. (-ब्जम्) N. of an ancient city in the north of India, situated on a tributary of the Ganges, now called Kanoja.
-कुमारि f. f.,
-री also कन्यकुमारी N. of Durgā; कन्यकुमारि धीमहि
[Mahānār 3.12.] -गतम् the position of a planet in the sign Virgo.
-ग्रहणम् taking a girl in marriage.
-दानम् giving away a girl in marriage; अद्भिरेव द्विजाग्ऱ्याणां कन्यादानं विशिष्यते
[Ms.3.35.] -दूषकः The violator of a virgin;
[Ms.3.164.] -दूषणम् defilement of a virgin.
-दोषः a defect or blemish in al, bad repute (such as a disease &c.)
-धनम् dowry; a girl's property.
-पतिः 'daughter's husband', a son-in-law.
-पालः a dealer in slave girls.
-पुत्रः, -गर्भः the son of an unmarried daughter (called कानीन); संघर्ष- जननस्तस्मात्कन्यागर्भो विनिर्मितः
[Mb.12.2.4.] -पुरम् the women's apartments.
-प्रदानम् Giving a daughter in marriage;
[Ms.3.29-31.] -भर्तृ -m.
a son-in-law.
N. N. f Kārttikeya.
-भैक्ष्यम् Begging for a girl; Mb.-रत्नम् a very fine girl; कन्यारत्नमयोनिजन्म भवतामास्ते
[Mv.1.3.] -राशिः the sign Virgo.
-वेदिन् -m. a son-in-law (marrying one's girl);
[Y.1.262.] -व्रतस्था A woman in her monthly state; मयि कन्याव्रतस्थायां जमुर्मन्दा- किनीतटम्
[Ks.26.56.] -शुल्कम् money given to the bride's father as her price, purchase-money of a girl.-समुद्भव a. Born from an unmarried woman;
[Ms.9.172.] -स्वयंवरः the choice of a husband by a maiden.
-हरणम् ravishment or seduction of a maiden; प्रसह्य कन्याहरणं राक्षसो विधिरुच्यते
[Ms.3.33.]