kanyA [ Uṇ. 4. 111 ] 1 An unmarried girl or daughter; R. 1. 51 , 2. 10 , 3. 33 ; Ms. 10. 8. 2 A girl ten years old. 3 A virgin, maiden; Ms. 8. 367 , 3. 33. 4 A woman in general. 5 The sixth sign of the zodiac, i. e. Virgo. 6 N. of Durgā. 7 Large cardamoms. Comp. — aMtaHpuraM the women's apartments; surakzitepi kanyAMtaHpure kaScitpraviSati Pt. 1 ; Mv. 2. 50. — Awa a. following after or hunting young girls. — (waH) 1 the inner apartments of a house. 2 a man who hunts or goes alter young girls. — kubjaH N. of a ( pb ) country. — (bjaM) N. of an ancient city in the north of India, situated on a tributary of the Ganges, now called Kanoja. — kumAri f. , — rI N. of Durgā. — gataM the position of a planet in the sign Virgo. — grahaRaM taking a girl in marriage. — dAnaM giving away a girl in marriage. — dUzaRaM defilement of a virgin. — dozaH a defect or blemish in a girl, bad repute (such as a disease &c.). — DanaM dowry. — patiH ‘daughter's husband’, a son-in-law. — pAlaH a dealer in slave girls. — putraH , gaBaH the son of an unmarried daughter (called kAnIna ). — puraM the women's apartments. — Bartf m. 1 a son-in-law. 2 N. of Kārtikeya. — ratnaM a very fine girl; kanyAratnamayonijanma BavatAmAste Mv. 1. 30. — rASiH the sign Virgo . — vedin m. a son-in-law (marrying one's girl); Y. 1. 262. — SulkaM money given to the bride's father as her price, purchase-money of a girl. — svayaMvaraH the choice of a husband by a maiden. — haraRaM ravishment or seduction of a maiden; Ms. 3. 33.