कन्या

kanyā
Sanskrit · noun
Last edited: 2025-09-30
Meanings
Literal translation
maiden
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. Virgo

1.a Virgo zodiac sign

प्रादीपकां गृह्य करेण कन्या नौस्था जले षष्टमिति ब्रुवन्ति।

prādīpakāṃ gṛhya kareṇa kanyā nausthā jale ṣaṣṭam iti bruvanti|

‘The Maiden (Virgo) in a boat on the water, holding a lamp in her hand—they call the sixth [sign]...’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.9ab

Genre: astrological treatise Provenance: India Date: ca. 300–325 CE

Mak, Bill M. 2018. “The First Two Chapters of Mīnarāja’s Vṛddhayavanajātaka.” Zinbun 48: 1–31.

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APA (7th)
कन्या (Lemma #6345). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6345/
Chicago (Author-Date)
कन्या (Lemma #6345). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6345/
MLA (9th)
कन्या (Lemma #6345). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6345/
Harvard
कन्या (Lemma #6345) (2025) The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6345/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6345,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {कन्या ({Lemma} #6345)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6345/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6345/},
}