kāñcukīya (4685)

kāñcukīya
Entry 4685, Page 176, Col. 1

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kāñcukīya¦, m. (occurs in Skt., see pw, which calls it a false reading for kañc°, q.v.; acc. to Tib. on LV, e.g. 186.2, = ñuṅ rum, more specifically eunuch), eunuch (? Skt. kañc°, usually defined less specifically as attendant in a harem): LV 42.17; 135.3; 186.2; 198.7, 8; Mv ii.422.4 kubja-vamana-kirāta-varṣavara-kāñcukīyehi; 426.9, 10; 427.13--14 rājā varṣavarāṃ kāñcukīyāṃś ca pṛcchati; 427.15.

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