Kanta
Kanta,1 [Sk.kānta,pp.of kāmeti] -- 1.(adj.) in special sense an attribute of worldly pleasure (cp.kāma,kāmaguṇā):pleasant,lovely,enjoyable; freq.in form.iṭṭhā kantā manāpā,referring to the pleasures of the senses S.I,245; II,192; IV,60,158,235 sq.; V,22,60,147; A.II,66 sq.; M.I,85; Sn.759; It.15; Vbh.2,100,337; bāla° (lovely in the opinion of the ignorant) Sn.399.‹-› D.II,265; III,227 (ariya°); J.III,264; V,447; with ref.to the fruit of action as giving pleasure:°phala Kvu 35,211,PvA.277 (hatthi-) k° pleasing to elephants; of manta DhA.I,163; of vīṇā J.VI,255,262; DhA.I,163.-- 2.beloved by,favourite of,charming J.VI,255,262; DhA.I,163.-- 3.(n.) the beloved one,the husband J.VI,370 (wrongly written kan tena); of a precious stone Miln.118; Sdhp.608,cp.suriya°,canda°-kantā (f.) the beloved one,the wife J.V,295; kantena (Instr.) agreeably,with kind words A.II,213; J.V,486 (where porisādassa kante should be read as porisādassak’ante).--a° undesired,disagreeable,unpleasant,in same form as kanta,e.g.D.II,192; in other combn J.V,295; Vbh.100; Nett 180; PvA.193.--akantena with unpleasant words A.II,213.--kantatara compar.J.III,260.
--bhāva the state of being pleasant DA.I,76; VvA.323.(Page 185)