Canc, Cañc: 7 definitions

Introduction:

Canc means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chanch.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cañc (चञ्च्).—1 P. (cañcati, cañcita)

1) To move, wave, shake; समरशिरसि चञ्चत्पञ्चचूडश्चमूनाम् (samaraśirasi cañcatpañcacūḍaścamūnām) Uttararāmacarita 5.3; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.23; चञ्चच्चञ्चू (cañcaccañcū) Nāg.4; चञ्चत्पराग (cañcatparāga) Gītagovinda 1.

2) To dangle about; विलपति हसति विषीदति रोदिति चञ्चति मुञ्चति तापम् (vilapati hasati viṣīdati roditi cañcati muñcati tāpam) Gītagovinda 4.

3) To leap, jump.

4) To go, move.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cañc (चञ्च्).—[(u) cañcu] r. 1st cl. (cañcati) To go, to move.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cañc (चञ्च्).— (akin to cal, cf. cañcala), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To hop, to dance, [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 4, 8. 2. To move, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cañc (चञ्च्).—cañcati leap, jump.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cañc (चञ्च्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] cati, to leap, jump, move, dangle, be unsteady, shake, [Bhartṛhari; Veṇīs.] ([Sāhitya-darpaṇa vi, 84 [Scholiast or Commentator]]), [Ṛtusaṃhāra; Gīta-govinda; Kathāsaritsāgara etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Canc in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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