Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
कांड · masculine
division, group; sin, horrible mistake, incident, event (generally a bad or negative one)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi काण्ड — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit काण्ड (kāṇḍa). Doublet of काँड (kā̃ḍ). Cognate with Odia କାଣ୍ଡ (kāṇḍa), Bengali কাণ্ড (kanḍo), Punjabi ਕਾਂਡ (kāṇḍ) and Marathi काण्ड (kāṇḍa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kāṇḍa [or kāṇḍa, TS. vii], as, am, m. n. (ifc. f(ā or ī). ) [cf. khaṇḍa, with which in some of its senses kāṇḍa is confounded] a single joint of the stalk or stem of a plant, such as a bamboo or reed or cane (i.e. the portion from one knot to another, cf. tri-k˚), any part or portion, section, chapter, division of a work or book (cf. tri-k˚), any distinct portion or division of an action or of a sacrificial rite (as that belonging to the gods or to the manes), AV.; TS.; VS.
a separate department or subject (e.g. karma-kāṇḍa, the department of the Veda treating of sacrificial rites, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iv, 2, 51), AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; R.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
armed with arrows, an archer
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M3 · meaning shifts "kāṇḍavat" is derived from "kāṇḍa" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kāṇḍa [or kāṇḍa, TS. vii], as, am, m. n. (ifc. f(ā or ī). ) [cf. khaṇḍa, with which in some of its senses kāṇḍa is confounded] a single joint of the stalk or stem of a plant, such as a bamboo or reed or cane (i.e. the portion from one knot to another, cf. tri-k˚), any part or portion, section, chapter, division of a work or book (cf. tri-k˚), any distinct portion or division of an action or of a sacrificial rite (as that belonging to the gods or to the manes), AV.; TS.; VS.
a separate department or subject (e.g. karma-kāṇḍa, the department of the Veda treating of sacrificial rites, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iv, 2, 51), AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; R.
kāṇḍa—vat mfn. armed with arrows, an archer, Pāṇ. v, 2, 111.
kāṇḍavat mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Armed with an arrow, an archer. E. kāṇḍa an arrow, and matup poss. aff.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kāṇḍa—vat mfn. armed with arrows, an archer, Pāṇ. v, 2, 111.
kāṇḍavat mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Armed with an arrow, an archer. E. kāṇḍa an arrow, and matup poss. aff.
kāṇḍa [or kāṇḍa, TS. vii], as, am, m. n. (ifc. f(ā or ī). ) [cf. khaṇḍa, with which in some of its senses kāṇḍa is confounded] a single joint of the stalk or stem of a plant, such as a bamboo or reed or cane (i.e. the portion from one knot to another, cf. tri-k˚), any part or portion, section, chapter, division of a work or book (cf. tri-k˚), any distinct portion or division of an action or of a sacrificial rite (as that belonging to the gods or to the manes), AV.; TS.; VS.
a separate department or subject (e.g. karma-kāṇḍa, the department of the Veda treating of sacrificial rites, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iv, 2, 51), AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; R.
Alternative readings
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