कन्दर्प

{ kandarpḥ, kandarpa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KANDARPA   Another name for Kāmadeva. Kāmadeva was born of the mind of Brahmā and as soon as he was born he turned to Brahmā and asked “Kaṁ darpayāmi?” (Whom should I make proud?) So Brahmā gave him the name Kaṁdarpa alias Kandarpa. [Lāvāṇakalambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara, Taraṅga 6] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कन्दर्प  m.  m. ( etym. doubtful; according to some fr. कं-दर्प, ‘inflamer even of a god’ See 3. क, or ‘of great wantonness’), N. of काम ( q.v.), love, lust, [MBh.]; [Bhag.]; [Suśr.] &c.
(in mus.) a particular राग ( q.v.)
a kind of time
membrum virile, [L.]
N. of a man, [Kathās.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कन्दर्पः [kandarpḥ]   1 N. of Cupid, the god of love; प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः [Bg.1.28;] कन्दर्प इव रूपेण [Mb.]
Love. (कन्दर्प is thus derived: कं दर्पयामीति मदाज्जातमात्रो जगाद च । तेन कंदर्प- नामानं तं चकार चतुर्मुखः ॥) -Comp.
-कूपः   pudenda muliebre.
-ज्वरः   fever of love, passion, vehement desire.
-दहनः, -मथनः  N. N. of Śiva.
-मुषलः, -मुसलः   the male organ of generation.
शृङ्खलः membrum virile.
a particular mode of sexual enjoyment or coitus (रतिबन्ध).

Shabda-Sagara

कन्दर्प  m.  ( -र्पः) A name of the deity KAMA, the CUPID of the Hiudu mythology.
E. कं BRAHMA, दर्प to inflame, अच् affix; the inflamer even of the first of the gods; corresponding in this respect with his Grecian prototype.

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कं दर्प अच्

 f.  ( -र्पा) One of the presiding female deities of the Jainas.