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cana

caṇ ( cf. √ can) cl. 1. P. ṇati, to give, Dhātup. xix, 34 ; to go, ib. ; to injure, ib. ; to sound ( v.l. for √ vaṇ), xiii, 3 : Caus. aor. acīcaṇat, or acacāṇat, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3 ; Siddh.

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Where it lives

  • Bhagavad Gita 7 · 8.15/10k
  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 13 · 1.72/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. caṇ

caṇ ( cf. √ can) cl. 1. P. ṇati, to give, Dhātup. xix, 34 ; to go, ib. ; to injure, ib. ; to sound ( v.l. for √ vaṇ), xiii, 3 : Caus. aor. acīcaṇat, or acacāṇat, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3 ; Siddh.

2. caṇa

caṇa mfn. ifc. ( Pāṇ. v, 2, 26 ; = cañcu) renowned or famous for, HPariś. viii, 195

3. cَن

1. can cl. 1. nati, to sound, utter a sound, L. ; to hurt, injure, Dhātup. xix, 41.

4. cَن

2. can ( cf. √ kan), only aor. Subj. 2. du. caniṣṭam ‘to delight in, be satisfied with ( loc. )’, RV. vii, 70, 4 ; and 3. sg. caniṣṭhat [jan, SV. ], ‘to satisfy, please’, RV. viii, 74, 11.

5. cَنَ

cana ind. (cana, SV. ) and not, also not, even not, not even (this particle is placed after the word to which it gives force; a preceding verb is accentuated [ Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57 ]; in Vedic language it is generally, but not always, found without any other neg. particle, whereas in the later language another neg. is usually added, e.g. āpaścanapraminantivrataṃvāṃ, ‘not even the waters violate your ordinance’, RV. ii, 24, 12 ; nA/ ha vivyAca pfTivI/ canE/ naM , ‘the earth even does not contain him’, iii, 36, 4 ; in class. Sanskṛt it is only used after the interrogatives ka, katara, katama, katham, kad, kadā, kim, kutas, kva, making them indefinite), RV. ; AV. &c. also, RV. i, 139, 2 ; vi, 26, 7 ; viii, 78, 10.

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