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kantehi

kanta

masc instr pl of kanta (pp); nt instr pl of kanta (pp); masc abl pl of kanta (pp); nt abl pl of kanta (pp); …

1. kanta (pp): charming; pleasant; desirable; agreeable (to); lit. desired
2. kanta (masc): beloved one, husband; lit. desired
3. kanta (pp): gone, entered into; lit. gone
4. kanteti (pr): cuts; destroys
5. kantehi (ind): pleasingly; in a desired way
6. kanta (pp): cut out; incised; surgically removed; lit. cut
7. kanta (pp): spun; lit. cut
8. kanta (nt): what is desirable; what is wanted; lit. desired

Etymology. √kam + ta; from √kam 'desire'; Sanskrit kānta [kam]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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