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kaṇḍā m. ʻ backbone ʼ, awāṇ. kaṇḍ, °ḍī ʻ back ʼ; P. kaṇḍ f. ʻ back, pubes ʼ; WPah. bhal. kaṇṭ f. ʻ syphilis ʼ; N. kaṇḍo ʻ buttock, rump, anus ʼ, kaṇḍeulo ʻ small of the back ʼ; B. kã̄ṭ ʻ clitoris ʼ; Or. kaṇṭi ʻ handle of a plough ʼ; H. kã̄ṭā m. ʻ spine ʼ, G. kã̄ṭɔ m., M. kã̄ṭā m.; Si. äṭa -- kaṭuva ʻ bone ʼ, piṭa -- k° ʻ backbone ʼ.
2. Pk. kaṁḍa -- m. ʻ backbone ʼ.
3. Pk. karaṁḍa -- m.n. ʻ bone shaped like a bamboo ʼ, karaṁḍuya -- n. ʻ backbone ʼ.
*ūrdhvakaṇṭa -- .
káṇṭaka -- see kaṇṭa -- 1.

kaṇṭakaraṇa 2671 *kaṇṭakaraṇa ʻ hedgehog ʼ. [kaṇṭa -- 1, káraṇa -- ]
P. ludh. kãḍērnā m. ʻ hedgehog ʼ.

kaṇṭakāra 2672 kaṇṭakāra m. ʻ name of a plant ʼ lex., °rī -- f. ʻ Solanum jacquini ʼ Suśr., ʻ Bombax heptaphyllum, Flacourtia sapida ʼ lex., °raka -- m. ʻ Solanum jacquini ʼ lex., °rikā -- f. Suśr. [kaṇṭa -- 1]
Pk. kaṁṭālī -- f. ʻ Solanum jacquini ʼ; P. kãḍiārī f. ʻ Argemone mexicana (a vine with a yellow berry) ʼ, ludh. kãḍeārī f. ʻ a partic. thorny bush ʼ; H. M. kaṭārā m. ʻ the medicinal plant Echinops echinatus or globe thistle, the aloe plant ʼ.

kaṇṭakāla 2673 kaṇṭakāla m. ʻ the bread -- fruit tree ʼ. [Cf. kaṇṭaphala -- ]
P. kãḍiālā m. ʻ a partic. thorny tree ʼ.

kaṇṭakita 2674 kaṇṭakita ʻ thorny ʼ MBh. [kaṇṭa -- 1]
Pk. kaṁṭaïa -- ; -- ext. Pk. kaṁṭaïlla -- ; A. kẽṭelā ʻ porcupine ʼ.

kaṇṭaphala 2675 kaṇṭaphala m. ʻ name of various trees, the bread -- fruit or jack -- fruit tree ʼ lex. [Cf. kaṇṭakāla -- : kaṇṭa -- 1, phála -- 1?]
A. kãṭhāl ʻ jack -- fruit and tree ʼ, B. kã̄ṭhāl, °ṭāl, Or. kaṭhal, Mth. kaṭahar, Bhoj. kãṭ -- har, H. kaṭ -- har, °al.

kaṇṭala 2676 kaṇṭala m. ʻ the thorny tree Mimosa arabica which yields gum arabic ʼ lex. [kaṇṭa -- 1]
Or. kaṇṭaḷa ʻ the acacia tree ʼ.

kaṇṭavēlli 2677 *kaṇṭavēlli ʻ a thorny creeper ʼ, cf. kaṇṭavalli -- f. ʻ Acacia concinna ʼ lex. [kaṇṭa -- 1, vēlli -- ]
M. kã̄ṭvel, °ṭīl, °ṭlī f., °ṭlā m. ʻ a wild creeper, a variety of Momordica charantia ʼ, kã̄ṭlẽ n. ʻ its fruit ʼ.

kaṇṭāla 2678 *kaṇṭāla ʻ thorny ʼ. [kaṇṭa -- 1]
Gy. eur. karalo ʻ thorny ʼ, H. kã̄ṭār, G. kã̄ṭāḷũ.

kaṇṭin 2679 kaṇṭin ʻ *thorny ʼ (ʻ name of various plants ʼ). [kaṇṭa -- 1]
Pk. kaṁṭiya -- ʻ thorny ʼ; S. kaṇḍī f. ʻ thorn bush ʼ; N. kã̄ṛe ʻ thorny ʼ; A. kã̄ṭi ʻ point of an oxgoad ʼ, kã̄iṭīyā ʻ thorny ʼ; H. kã̄ṭī f. ʻ thorn bush ʼ; G. kã̄ṭī f. ʻ a kind of fish ʼ; M. kã̄ṭī, kāṭī f. ʻ thorn bush ʼ. -- Ext. with -- la -- : S. kaṇḍiru ʻ thorny, bony ʼ; -- with -- lla -- : Gy. pal. ḳăndīˊla ʻ prickly pear ʼ; H. kãṭīlā, kaṭ° ʻ thorny ʼ.

kaṇṭhá 2680 kaṇṭhá m. (a) ʻ throat, neck ʼ ŚBr. (b) ʻ narrowest part of a hole ʼ Suśr. (c) ʻ voice ʼ MBh., ʻ sound ʼ W. (d) ʻ *border, immediate proximity ʼ Pañcat.
[Mayrhofer EWA i 146 accepts connexion with Drav. (T. Burrow BSOAS xi 133) but considers both IA. and Drav. forms to have originated in Muṇḍa (Kuiper PMWS 29). This is supported by the many forms with a varying degree of phonet. similarity not referable to a common IA. original: see *gāṭṭa -- 1, gāˊtra -- , *gicca -- , *ghaṭṭā -- , *ghaṇṭa -- , ghāṭā -- 1, *ghicca -- 1, *ghiñca -- , *ghēñca -- , *ghēṇṭu -- , *śraṭṭa -- , kŕ̊kāṭikā -- , kandhara -- ]
(a) Pa. kaṇṭha -- m. ʻ throat, neck ʼ; Pk. kaṁṭha -- m. ʻ neck ʼ; Gy. pal. kand ʻ throat ʼ, Gaw. Sv. khaṇṭi; L. awāṇ. kadhlī ʻ neck -- strap ʼ; WPah. bhal. kaṇṭh m. ʻ collar of a shirt ʼ, kaṇṭhi f. ʻ sheep with a black neck ʼ; Ku. gng. kāni ʻ neck ʼ or < skandhá -- ; Or. kaṇṭhā ʻ throat ʼ, H. poet. kã̄ṭhā m.; M. kã̄ṭhẽ n. ʻ neck ʼ; Si. kaṭa ʻ throat, mouth ʼ (X skandhá -- in SigGr. kaṇḍa ʻ neck ʼ).
(b) Wg. káṇṭä ʻ water -- channel ʼ, Woṭ. kaṇṭḗl f., Gaw. khāṇṭ*l, Bshk. kāṇḍə.
(c) Kt. kaṭīˊ ʻ sound ʼ, Pr. (LSI) kuṭ; Paš. lauṛ. kāṇḍā ʻ voice, word ʼ, kuṛ. kāṇ ʻ shouting ʼ; Gaw. khaṇṭ f. ʻ word ʼ.
(d) Pk. kaṁṭha -- m. ʻ border, edge ʼ; L. awāṇ. kaḍḍhā ʻ bank ʼ; P. kaṇḍhā m. ʻ bank, shore ʼ, °ḍhī f. ʻ land bordering on a mountain ʼ; WPah. cam. kaṇḍhā ʻ edge, border ʼ; N. kānlo, kã̄llo ʻ boundary line of stones dividing two fields ʼ, kã̄ṭh ʻ outskirts of a town ʼ ← a Mth. or H. dial.; H. kã̄ṭhā ʻ near ʼ; OMarw. kāṭha m. (= kã̄°?) ʻ bank of a river ʼ; G. kã̄ṭhɔ m. ʻ bank, coast, limit, margin of a well ʼ; M. kāṭh, kã̄ṭh, °ṭhā m. ʻ coast, edge, border ʼ, kã̄ṭhẽ n. ʻ arable land near the edge of a hill. ʼ -- L. P. kaṇḍh f. ʻ wall ʼ perh. infl. in meaning by kanthā -- 1.
kaṇṭhaka -- ; utkaṇṭhati, utkaṇṭhā -- , utkaṇṭhita -- ; kaṇṭhamaṇi -- .
Addenda: kaṇṭá -- : (a) S.kcch. kano m. ʻ neck (of a pot) ʼ.
(d) S.kcch. kaṇṭho m. ʻ bank, coast ʼ; Garh. kã̄ṭhu ʻ throat (?), bank (?) ʼ.
kaṇṭhāla -- .

kaṇṭhaka 2681 kaṇṭhaka m. ʻ necklace ʼ Kathās., °ṭhikā -- f. lex. [kaṇṭhá -- ]
Pk. kaṁṭhiā -- f., S. P. kaṇḍhī f.; B. kã̄ṭhī, °ṭī ʻ ring round the neck (of bird, snake &c.) ʼ; Or. kaṇṭhā ʻ necklace ʼ, °ṭhi ʻ one -- stringed necklace, horse's halter ʼ; H. kaṇṭhā m. ʻ gold necklace ʼ (→ P. kaṇṭhā m., S. kaṇṭho m. ʻ necklace ʼ), kaṇṭhī f. ʻ small do. ʼ, poet. kã̄ṭhā m. ʻ red and blue ring round a parrot's throat ʼ; OM. kāṁṭhā m. ʻ necklace ʼ. -- Ext. with -- ll -- : S. kaṇḍhilo m. ʻ a kind of necklace for children ʼ; P. kaṇḍhlī f. ʻ necklace ʼ; H. kaṇṭhlā, kaṭh° m. ʻ gold or silver necklace worn as an amulet against evil ʼ.
Addenda: kaṇṭhaka -- : WPah.kṭg. kaṇḍhi f. ʻ hairy ring on neck of some birds ʼ.

kaṇṭhamaṇi 2682 kaṇṭhamaṇi m. ʻ jewel worn on neck ʼ lex. [kaṇṭhá -- , máṇi -- 1]
Si. kaṭamina ʻ neck -- jewel ʼ.
KAṆḌ1 ʻ pound, strike ʼ. [T. Burrow BDCRI 20, 281 MIA. < √ krand2. But cf. √ khaṇḍ]
*kaṇḍa -- , kaṇḍana -- , kaṇḍáyati, *kaṇḍita -- .
KAṆḌ2 ʻ be glad ʼ: káṇḍati2.

2682akaṇṭhāla -- m. ʻ boat ʼ lex. [kaṇṭhá -- ]
G. kãṭhāḷ ʻ maritime ʼ.

kaṇḍa 2683 *kaṇḍa ʻ pounding ʼ, kaṇḍīkarōti ʻ pounds, brays ʼ Car. [√kaṇḍ1]
Pk. kaṁḍa -- m. ʻ piece, fragment ʼ; Or. kaṇḍā ʻ husked grain ʼ. -- Deriv. Pk. kaṁḍārēi ʻ scrapes, engraves ʼ; M. kãḍārṇẽ, karã̄ḍṇẽ ʻ to gnaw ʼ, kãḍārṇẽ n. ʻ jeweller's hammer, barber's nail -- parer ʼ.
káṇḍati1 ʻ threshes ʼ see kaṇḍáyati.

2684 káṇḍati2 ʻ is glad ʼ Dhātup. [Cf. kaḍati ʻ is intoxicated ʼ Dhātup.: ← Drav. T. Burrow BSOAS xii 369: √kaṇḍ2]
Paš. kaṇḍ -- ʻ to appear, seem, please (?) ʼ IIFL iii 3, 94.

kaṇḍana 2685 kaṇḍana n. ʻ separating chaff from grain in a mortar, chaff ʼ Suśr. [√kaṇḍ1]
Pk. kaṁḍaṇa -- n. ʻ threshing rice &c. ʼ; B. kã̄ṛan ʻ act of cleaning rice ʼ; M. kã̄ḍaṇ n. ʻ pounding rice to husk it ʼ, kã̄ḍṇī f. ʻ pounding ʼ.

2686 kaṇḍáyati, káṇḍati1 ʻ separates chaff from grain ʼ Dhātup. [√kaṇḍ1]
Pk. kaṁḍaï, pres. part. °ḍiṁta -- ʻ threshes rice &c. ʼ; P. kaṇḍnā ʻ to beat mercilessly ʼ; A. kã̄riba ʻ to clean (grain) ʼ; B. kã̄ṛā ʻ to clean finely (as rice) ʼ; Or. kāṇḍibā, kã̄ṛibā ʻ to husk grain, beat ʼ, H. kã̄ḍnā, kã̄ṛnā ʻ to trample, tread on, crush ʼ; M. kã̄ḍṇẽ ʻ to husk rice by pounding in a mortar ʼ.
Addenda: kaṇḍáyati: A. kã̄riba also ʻ to husk paddy ʼ AFD 330.

kaṇḍita 2687 kaṇḍita ʻ dislocated ʼ Apte. [√kaṇḍ1]
Pk. kaṁḍia -- ʻ threshed ʼ; A. kã̄rī ʻ cleaned (of grain) ʼ.

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