caṇa

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[apte] a. (At the end of comp.) Renowned, celebrated, skilled in, famous for; akṣaracaṇaḥ. --ṇaḥ The chick-pea.

[mw] mfn. ifc. (Pa1n2. 5-2, 26; = cañcu) renowned or famous for HParis3. viii, 195 383,1 70884 m. the chick-pea MBh. xiii, 5468 (cf. akṣara-, kathā-, cāra-, māyā-). 046400 383,1 70885 n. the being famous for (in comp.) Das3. i, 223. 046401 383,1 70886 m. a kind of Tribulus L. 046402 383,1 70887

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a. (At the end of comp.) Renowned, celebrated, skilled in, famous for; akṣaracaṇaḥ. --ṇaḥ The chick-pea.

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

15

Texts Appeared In

9

DCS: name of a work | Monier-Williams: caRa m. the chick-pea, MBh. xiii, 5468 ( cf. akzara- , kaTA- , cAra-

Semantic Classification

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Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: caṇa

  caṇapattrasamaṃ pattraṃ kṣupaṃ caiva tathāmlakam

• Rasasaṃketakalikā surface: caṇa

  mardayedyāmamātraṃ tu caṇamātrā vaṭī kṛtā

• Rasaratnākara surface: caṇa

  bhūnāgairmardayedyāmaṃ caṇamātravaṭīkṛtam