Kamadana, Kāmadāna, Kama-dana: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāmadāna (कामदान).—
1) a gift to one's satisfaction.
2) a kind of ceremony among prostitutes; B. P.
Derivable forms: kāmadānam (कामदानम्).
Kāmadāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāma and dāna (दान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kāmadāna (कामदान):—[=kāma-dāna] [from kāma] n. a gift to one’s satisfaction, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi i, 14, 7]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of ceremony among prostitutes, [Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa]
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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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