Manusmṛtisurface: kāmyayā
prokṣitaṃ bhakṣayen māṃsaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kāmyayā
kāmya
a. [kam-yat] 1 To be de- sired, desirable: sudhā viṣṭhā ca kāmyā- śanaṃ Śānti. 2. 8. --2 Optional, per- formed for some particular object (opp. nitya); aṃte kāmyasya karmaṇaḥ R....
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[apte] a. [kam-yat] 1 To be de- sired, desirable: sudhā viṣṭhā ca kāmyā- śanaṃ Śānti. 2. 8. --2 Optional, per- formed for some particular object (opp. nitya); aṃte kāmyasya karmaṇaḥ R. 10. 50; Ms. 2. 2; 12. 89; Bg. 18. 2. --3 Beautiful, lovely, charming, handsome; nāsau na kāmyaḥ R. 6. 30; U. 5. 12. --myā A wish, desire, intention, request; brāhmaṇakāmyā Mk. 3; R. 1. 35; Bg. 10. 1. --Comp. --abhiprāyaḥ a self-interested...
Corpus Profile
- Part of Speech
- NOUN
- Occurrences
- 154
- Texts
- 29
DCS: for one's own sake; for one's self
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Appears in 52 texts.
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Rāmāyaṇasurface: kāmyayā
svacchandapathagāṃ gaṅgāṃ trailokyahitakāmyayā
Rāmāyaṇasurface: kāmyayā
yasmān nivāritā caiva saṃgatā putrakāmyayā