Gandhahastin, Gandhahasti, Gandhahastī, Gandha-hastin, Gandha-hasti: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGandhahastin (गन्धहस्तिन्):—(ga + ha) m. Duftelephant (s. gandhadvipa): gandhahastīva durdharṣaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 73, 26.]
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Gandhahastin (गन्धहस्तिन्):—[Rāmāyaṇa 6, 93, 19.]
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Gandhahastin (गन्धहस्तिन्):—, von einem wirksamen Antidoton wird gesagt: gaja iva tarūnviṣagadānnihantyagado gandhahastyeṣaḥ [CARAKA 8, 21.] apratihataprabhāvaḥ smṛto mahāgandhahastīti ebend.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGandhahastin (गन्धहस्तिन्):—m. —
1) = gandhadvipa. —
2) ein best. wirksames Antidoton.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Gandha, Hastin.
Ends with: Mahagandhahastin.
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