Gandaka, Gaṇḍaka, Gaṇḍakā, Gamdaka: 20 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGaṇḍaka (गण्डक):—(von gaṇḍa)
1) m. a) Rhinoceros (vgl. gaṇḍāṅga) [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 4.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1287.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 34.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 81.] — b) Hinderniss. — c) Absonderung, Trennung [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) eine best. Art zu zählen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 18.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] a mode of reckoning by fours [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] gaṇḍā bengal. four (used chiefly of cowries [kaparda]); a coin of the value of four cowries [HAUGHT.] — e) eine Art Wissenschaft [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] astrological science or a part of it [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — f) Zeichen (? vgl. gaṇḍa): pañcagaṇḍaka qui porte cinq marques [Burnouf 266,] [Nalopākhyāna] — g) ein best. Metrum (4 Mal {Ç}{?} {Ç}{?}) [Colebrooke II, 163 (XV, 2).] — h) Beiname der an der Gaṇḍakī wohnenden Videha: tataḥ sa gaṇḍakān śūro videhān vijitya [Mahābhārata 2, 1062.] — i) ein Beiname Kāla’s, des Bruders des Prasenajit [Burnouf 175.] —
2) f. ī Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 57. 58,] [Nalopākhyāna] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 2, 794. 3, 8091. 6, 325. 13, 7647.] [Harivaṃśa 7736.] [Hitopadeśa 14, 16.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 182.] gaṇḍakyāścaikadeśe ca śālāgrāmasthalaṃ smṛtam . pāṣāṇaṃ tadbhavaṃ yattat śālāgrāmamiti smṛtam .. [Śabdakalpadruma] nach der [SMṚTI.] gaṇḍakībhujaṃgastotra (vgl. [Colebrooke I, 156,] [Nalopākhyāna]
1) [Böhtlingk’s Verzeichniss No. 64.] —
3) f. ā a lump, a bull [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — Vgl. gaṇḍikā .
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Gaṇḍaka (गण्डक):—
2) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10,79,11.] [Oxforder Handschriften 13,b,12. 24,a,24. 60.b,3.] — Vgl. mantragaṇḍaka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGaṇḍaka (गण्डक):——
1) m. — a) *Rhinoceros. — b) *Hinderniss. — c) *Absonderung , Trennung. — d) *eine best. Art zu zählen. — e) *eine best. Wissenschaft. — f) Pl. Nomen proprium eines Zweiges der Videha. — g) Beiname Kāla’s , Bruders des Prasenajit. —
2) am Ende eines adj. Comp. Zeichen (?). —
3) *f. ā Klumpen , Kugel. —
4) f. ī Nomen proprium eines Flusses. —
5) f. gaṇḍikā — a) Hügel. — b) etwa Knötchen am Holz [Carakasaṃhitā 6,18.] — c) *was über den ersten Anfang hinausgeht. — d) von unbekannter Bed. [Mahābhārata 14,9,29.] —
6) wohl n. ein best. Metrum.
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Starts with: Gamdakabharana, Gamdakagutike, Gandakali, Gandakam, Gandakanayaka, Gandakandu, Gandakani, Gandakarata, Gandakari, Gandakasha, Gandakavati.
Ends with: Mantragandaka, Pagandaka, Pancagandaka, Paugandaka, Pragandaka, Rakshagandaka.
Full-text (+12): Ganda, Gandakavati, Mantragandaka, Svanotsaha, Gamdakabharana, Iraca-kantapashanam, Pancaganda, Gandakam, Gandaki, Gamdaya, Gandanga, Gamdaga, Rakshagandaka, Shanotsaha, Pancagandaka, Shalagrama, Gajanakra, Ganotsaha, Vardhrinasa, Ekacara.
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