Gandhapakarshana, Gandhāpakarṣaṇa, Gandha-apakarshana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gandhāpakarṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Gandhapakarsana or Gandhapakarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandhāpakarṣaṇa (गन्धापकर्षण).—removing smells.
Derivable forms: gandhāpakarṣaṇam (गन्धापकर्षणम्).
Gandhāpakarṣaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhāpakarṣaṇa (गन्धापकर्षण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Removing any smell. E. gandha, and apakarṣaṇa taking away.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhāpakarṣaṇa (गन्धापकर्षण):—[from gandha] n. removing smells, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhāpakarṣaṇa (गन्धापकर्षण):—[gandhā+pakarṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Removing or taking away a scent.
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: Apakarshana, Gandha.
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