kanyakA 1 A girl; saMbadDavEKAnasakanyakAni R. 14. 28 ; 11. 53. 2 An unmarried girl, virgin, maiden; gfhe gfhe puruzAH kulakanyakAH samudvahaMti Māl. 7 ; Y. 1. 105. 3 A technical name for a girl ten years old; ( azwavarzA BavedgOrI navavarzA ca rohiRI . daSame kanyakA proktA ata urDvaM rajasvalA Śabdak. ) 4 (In Rhet. ) One of the several kinds of heroines; an unmarried girl serving as a chief character in a poetical composition; see under anyastrI . 5 The sign Virgo . Comp. — CalaH seduction: pESAcaH kanyakAcCalAt Y. 1. 61. — janaH a maiden; viSudDamugDaH kulakanyakAjanaH Māl. 7. 1. — jAtaH the son of an unmarried girl; Y. 2. 129 (= kAnIna ); for instance vyAsa, karRa &c.