Names #296, #654 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

कान्तः Kanta — meaning in Hindi

Kanta (kāntaḥ) is name #296 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Hindi (हिन्दी), the shloka it comes from in Devanagari, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

Name #296 · कान्तः

मोहक सौंदर्य वाले

In English: The enchantingly beautiful one

From shloka 32 · chapter Varāha

भूतभव्यभवन्नाथः पवनः पावनोऽनलः
कामहा कामकृत्कान्तः कामः कामप्रदः प्रभुः
verse 32

Also in this shloka: bhūtabhavyabhavannāthaḥ · pavanaḥ · pāvanaḥ · analaḥ · kāmahā · kāmakṛt · kāmaḥ · kāmapradaḥ · prabhuḥ

Name #654 · कान्तः

परम मनोहर

In English: The lovely one

From shloka 70 · chapter Rāma

कामदेवः कामपालः कामी कान्तः कृतागमः
अनिर्देश्यवपुर्विष्णुर्वीरोऽनन्तो धनञ्जयः
verse 70

Also in this shloka: kāmadevaḥ · kāmapālaḥ · kāmī · kṛtāgamaḥ · anirdeśyavapuḥ · viṣṇuḥ · vīraḥ · anantaḥ · dhanañjayaḥ

Kanta in other languages: Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English