caṇam (p. 157) s. A short space of time, a moment--as கணம். (c.) (Sa. Kshan'a.) 2. A token of preference--as a spire or two of sacrificial grass to a brahman, கண்ணியக்குறி. (Sa. Shan'a.) சணம்பித்தம்சணவவாதம். (lit.) The predominance of பித்தம் in one moment and that of the வாதம் in the next moment, i. e. varible and opposite symptoms in a disease; changeableness of circumstances, the vicissitudes of the present state. சணப்பொழுது--சணநேரம், s. A moment, moment's time.