Kamaniya, Kamanīya, Kāmanīya: 17 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
kamanīya : (adj.) desirable; lovely; beautiful.
Kamanīya, (adj.) (grd of kāmayati) (a) desirable, beautiful, lovely J. V, 155, 156; Miln. 11; (b) pleasant, sweet (-sounding) D. II, 171; J. I, 96.—As nt. a desirable object S. I, 22. (Page 189)
1) kamanīya (ကမနီယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[kamu+anīya]
[ကမု+အနီယ]
2) kāmanīya (ကာမနီယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[kamu+ṇe+anīya]
[ကမု+ဏေ+အနီယ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) kamanīya—
(Burmese text): အလိုရှိအပ်-နှစ်သက်အပ်-သော။
(Auto-Translation): It is desired - it is appreciated.
2) kāmanīya—
(Burmese text): အလိုရှိ-တောင့်တ-နှစ်သက်-အပ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): Desire - to be patient - to be satisfied - to be devoted.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
kamanīya (कमनीय).—a S Beautiful, pleasing, agreeable, desirable.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kamanīya (कमनीय).—a.
1) To be desired, desirable; अनन्यनारीकमनीयमङ्कम् (ananyanārīkamanīyamaṅkam) Kumārasambhava 1.37.
2) Lovely, charming, beautiful; शाखावसक्तकमनीयपरिच्छदानाम् (śākhāvasaktakamanīyaparicchadānām) Kirātārjunīya 7.4; तदपि कमनीयं वपुरिदम् (tadapi kamanīyaṃ vapuridam) Ś.3.8. v. l.
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Kāmanīya (कामनीय).—Beauty, attractiveness.
Derivable forms: kāmanīyam (कामनीयम्).
See also (synonyms): kāmanīyaka.
Kamanīya (कमनीय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Pleasing, beautiful, desirable. E. kam and anīyar affix of the future participle, to be desired.
1) Kamanīya (कमनीय):—[from kam] mfn. to be desired or wished for, desirable, [Kumāra-sambhava i, 37]
2) [v.s. ...] lovely, pleasing, beautiful, [Śakuntalā 62 b; Bhartṛhari etc.]
Kamanīya (कमनीय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Pleasing.
Kamanīya (कमनीय):—(von kam) adj.
1) wornach man ein Verlangen tragen kann oder darf: ananyanārīkamanīyamaṅkam [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 37.] —
2) lieblich, reizend, schön [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1445.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 2.] vapus [Śākuntala 57, v. l.] idaṃ saudāminyāḥ kanakakamanīyaṃ vilasitam [Bhartṛhari 1, 45.]
Kamanīya (कमनीय):—Adj. —
1) wonach man ein Verlangen haben kann oder darf. —
2) lieblich , reizend , schön [Indische sprüche 7793.]
Kamanīya (कमनीय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kamaṇīya.
Kāmanīya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 所欲 [suǒ yù]: “desirable”.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Kamanīya (कमनीय) [Also spelled kamniy]:—(a) lovely, beautiful; pretty; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Kamaṇiyā (कमणिया) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kramaṇikā.
2) Kamaṇīya (कमणीय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kamanīya.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kamanīya (ಕಮನೀಯ):—
1) [adjective] delighting the aesthetic senses; pleasant, enjoyable; beautiful.
2) [adjective] worth wanting or having.
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Kamanīya (ಕಮನೀಯ):—[noun] a man of pleasing appearance; a handsome man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Kamanīya (कमनीय):—adj. 1. lovely; pleasing; beautiful; attractive; 2. desirable;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Kamu, Aniya, Ne.
Starts with (+0): Kamaniyaka, Kamaniyanti, Kamaniyantri, Kamaniyarupa, Kamaniyasvamta, Kamaniyata, Kamaniyatara, Kamaniyate, Kamaniyattha, Kamaniyatva.
Full-text (+5): Nikkhamaniya, Kamaniyata, Atikkamaniya, Abhikkamaniya, Upasankamaniya, Avakkamaniya, Kamaniyatara, Prakamaniya, Kamaniyarupa, Kamaniyattha, Kamaniyatva, Kramanika, Kamaniyaka, Vinangrisa, Sabadha, Kamaneey, Kamniy, Ushij, Madaniya, Kimapi.
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