Gandha, Gandhā, Gamdha: 55 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Gandha (गन्ध):—

1) m. [Siddhāntakaumudī.250,a,4.] a) Geruch, Duft [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 16. 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1390.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 239. 240.] [Medinīkoṣa dh. 5.] ya ā.asya kra.iṣo ga.dho asti [Ṛgveda 1, 162, 10.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 37, 2. 11, 3, 8. 12, 5, 34.] tānoṣadhe.tvaṃ ga.dhena.vi nāśaya [8, 6, 10.] puṇya [10, 27.] yaste ga.dhaḥ pṛthivi saṃba.hūva [12, 1, 23.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 20, 27.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 3, 9, 9.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 5, 2, 17.] sarveṣāṃ gandhānāṃ nāsike ekāyanam [14, 5, 4, 11. 6, 2, 2. 7, 3, 12. 9, 4, 1, 4. 10, 5, 2, 20. 12, 8, 3, 16.] [Aitareyopaniṣad 5, 1.] yāvannāpaityamedhyāktādgandho lepaśca tatkṛtaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 126. 1, 78. 4, 111. 5, 128. 11, 149. 12, 98.] mānuṣyo balavāṃgandho ghrāṇaṃ tarpayatīva me [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 12.] [Mahābhārata 3, 16199.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 73, 59.] pūtigandhe [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 107.] tīvra [Mahābhārata 18, 77.] uttama [Nalopākhyāna 5, 38.] adhikasurabhi [Meghadūta 21.] puṇya [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 27.] aśuci [30.] havirgandhaiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 5, 15.] havya [Śākuntala 83.] dīpanirvāṇa [Hitopadeśa I, 69.] gandhāmbu wohlriechendes Wasser [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 63.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6848] werden 9 Arten von Gerüchen aufgezählt: iṣṭa, aniṣṭa, madhura, kaṭu, nirhārin, saṃhata, snigdha, rūkṣa und viśada; [Śabdakalpadruma] fügt noch amla hinzu. Am Ende eines adj. comp.: agandha [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 6, 8, 8.] caturgandha [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 32, 12.] iṣṭa [Suśruta 2, 480, 5.] pāpa [Mahābhārata 18, 70.] divya [13, 2349.] fem. ā [1, 2398. 2, 317. 2174. 3, 12721.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 14, 25.] — b) wohlriechender Stoff, Wohlgerüche [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 135, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.,] [Scholiast] Meist im pl.: gandhairukṣaṇaṃ gavām [GOBH. 3, 6, 13.] gandhānagnau, kariṣyāmi [4, 2, 26. 3, 1, 12.] [LĀṬY. 2, 6, 1.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 13.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4, 7.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 13. 54.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 250. 7, 131. 9, 329. 10, 88. 11, 168.] śubhāṃgandhān [12, 65.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 297. 2, 245.] mālyaiśca gandhaiśca [Sundopasundopākhyāna 4, 4.] varjayenmadhu māṃsaṃ ca gandhaṃ mālyaṃ rasāṃstriyaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 177.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 37, 23.] — c) Bez. verschiedener stark riechender Sachen: α) Schwefel (gandhaka) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — β) pulverisirtes Sandelholz [ŚUDDHIT. im Śabdakalpadruma] kāśmīragandhamṛganābhikṛtāṅgarāgā [Caurapañcāśikā 9. Scholiast] : = candana . — γ) Myrrhe (bala) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 217.] — δ) Name eines Baumes, Hyperanthera Moringa Vahl. (śobhāñjana) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) der blosse Geruch von einer Sache, ein Bischen, ein Wenig [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 136.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 8.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) Verbindung, Verwandtschaft [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — f) Nachbar [Medinīkoṣa] — g) Uebermuth, Stolz [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 217.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Vgl. āttagandha . — h) ein Beiname Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 12, 10378.] —

2) f. ā a) Curcuma Amhaldi oder Zerumbet Roxb. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Desmodium gangeticum Dec. (śālaparṇī) [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma] — c) die Knospe von Michelia Champaca (campaka) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Name eines Metrums [?(17 + 18 + 17 + 18] Silben) [Colebrooke II, 156. 94.] —

3) n. a) Geruch [DHYĀNAVINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 1.] — b) schwarzes Aloeholz [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. gandhi .

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Gandha (गन्ध):—

1) a) grastagandhā (pṛthivī) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 4, 13.] — c) α) [Oxforder Handschriften 320,b,2.] — d) anabhibhavagandha [Spr. 1859, v. l.] duṇḍubhānahigandhena na tvaṃ hiṃsitumarhasi so v. a. weil sie einige Aehnlichkeit mit Schlangen haben [Mahābhārata 1, 989.] = sarpasādṛśyamātreṇa [Nīlakaṇṭha] — Vgl. durgandha, nirgandha, puṇya, pūti, matsya, mahā, mukha, yojana, sa, su .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Gandha (गन्ध):——

1) m. — a) Geruch , Duft. Ausnahmsweise n. ; am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b) gewöhnlich Pl. wohlriechender Stoff , Wohlgerüche. — c) Schwefel [Kālacakra 5,20.] — d) pulverisirtes Sandelholz. — e) *Myrrhe. — f) *Hyperanthera Moringa. — g) am Ende eines Comp. der blosse Geruch von , so v.a. eines Spur von , ein Wenig [Suśruta (rotrh) 1,42,9.] ahigandhena so v.a. wegen einiger Aehnlichkeit mit Schlangen. — h) *Verbindung , Verwandtschaft. — i) Uebermuth , Stolz [Meghadūta 9.] Wohl fehlerhaft für gardha. — k) *Nachbar. — l) Beiname Civa's. —

2) f. ā — a) *Curcuma_Amhaldi_oder Zerumbet. — b) *Desmodium gangeticum. — c) *die Knospe von Michelia Champaca. — d) ein best. Metrum.

3) n. — a) = 1)a). — b) *schwarzes Aloeholz [Rājan 12,91.]

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