kāmya

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[apte] a. [kam-yat] 1 To be de- sired, desirable: sudhā viṣṭhā ca kāmyā- śanaṃ Śānti. 2. 8. --2 Optional, per- formed for some particular object (opp. nitya); aṃte kāmyasya karmaṇaḥ R. 10. 50; Ms. 2. 2; 12. 89; Bg. 18. 2. --3 Beautiful, lovely, charming, handsome; nāsau na kāmyaḥ R. 6. 30; U. 5. 12. --myā A wish, desire, intention, request; brāhmaṇakāmyā Mk. 3; R. 1. 35; Bg. 10. 1. --Comp. --abhiprāyaḥ a self-interested...

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a. [kam-yat] 1 To be de- sired, desirable: sudhā viṣṭhā ca kāmyā- śanaṃ Śānti. 2. 8. --2 Optional, per- formed for some particular object (opp. nitya); aṃte kāmyasya karmaṇaḥ R....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

154

Texts Appeared In

29

DCS: for one's own sake; for one's self

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 69 44.8%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 16 10.4%
3. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 13 8.4%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 9 5.8%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 7 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: kāmyayā

  prokṣitaṃ bhakṣayen māṃsaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kāmyayā

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kāmyayā

  svacchandapathagāṃ gaṅgāṃ trailokyahitakāmyayā

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kāmyayā

  yasmān nivāritā caiva saṃgatā putrakāmyayā