[Skt.] n. Gold. “kanakambunakunu saurabhyamu kaliginatlu” (L. XIX. 332.) “Marvellous as would be fragrance in gold: it is as strange as though gold were fragrant. (The Telugu poets frequently mention this fancy; that, were gold gifted with fragrance, it would be indeed perfect.)
“bhutigaddakela puttincevasana, kanakamu tanakemi kallajese.” vemana.