काम्य

Sanskrit

Etymology

From कम् (√kam); see काम (kā́ma).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑ́ːm.jɐ/, [kɑ́ːj̃.jɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːm.jɐ/

Adjective

काम्य • (kā́mya) stem

1. desirable, beautiful, amiable, lovely, agreeable
2. to one's liking, agreeable to one's wish
3. optional (opposed to nitya or indispensable observance), performed through the desire of some object or personal advantage (as a religious ceremony ), done from desire of benefit or from interested motives

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “काम्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0273.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “काम्य”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016