As a deity name
Name 11 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
कांति · feminine
loveliness, beauty, personal decoration or embellishment, splendour, lustre, gloss
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कान्ति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कान्ति (kānti).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kānti f. desire, wish, L.
loveliness, beauty, splendour, female beauty, personal decoration or embellishment, Nal.; Śak.; Megh.; Pañcat.; Suśr.; Kathās.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
desire, wish
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "kāntiḥ" is "kānti" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
kānti f. desire, wish, L.
loveliness, beauty, splendour, female beauty, personal decoration or embellishment, Nal.; Śak.; Megh.; Pañcat.; Suśr.; Kathās.
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