English Meaning of kana

Meaning of 'kana'

a (S) Of which the vision is destroyed--one of the two eyes: and attrib. blind of one eye, monoculous. S adage, kvacit kana bhavet sadhuh Pauci monoculi sunt honesti. Pr. andhalyanta kana raja or andhalyammadhye nkana srestha. 2 Squint-eyed. This is the general understanding of the word. Also squint--an eye. The applications are eka dolyane or ndoho dolyanni kana or simply, kana, or dola kana or dole kane. 3 Applied to a country, town, or village of uncertain supplies and alternating cheapness and dearness; also to a country or place whither one, from his crimes or follies, is ashamed to go. Pr. dola kana asava pana muluka kana asu nnaye: also to a cord of which one of the strings composing it is thick and another thin: also to a warped and thus crooked (bedframe, cot, cart). 4 Oblique or slanting; cross-going or devious.

Meaning of काणा

a (S) Of which the vision is destroyed--one of the two eyes: and attrib. blind of one eye, monoculous. S adage, क्वचित् काणा भवेत् साधुः Pauci monoculi sunt honesti. Pr. अंधळ्यांत काणा राजा or अंधळ्यांमध्यें काणा श्रेष्ठ. 2 Squint-eyed. This is the general understanding of the word. Also squint--an eye. The applications are एका डोळ्यानें or दोहो डोळ्यांनी काणा or simply, काणा, or डोळा काणा or डोळे काणे. 3 Applied to a country, town, or village of uncertain supplies and alternating cheapness and dearness; also to a country or place whither one, from his crimes or follies, is ashamed to go. Pr. डोळा काणा असावा पण मुलूक काणा असूं नये: also to a cord of which one of the strings composing it is thick and another thin: also to a warped and thus crooked (bedframe, cot, cart). 4 Oblique or slanting; cross-going or devious.

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