Gandhara, Gamdhara, Gaṃdhārā, Gandhāra, Gāndhāra: 36 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGandhāra (गन्धार):—
1) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes (vgl. gāndhāra) gaṇa kacchādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 133.] gaṇa sindhvādi zu [3, 93.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 422. II, 142.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 218. fgg.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 6, 14, 1.] [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda 56] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 93.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2440.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 191] (die entsprechende Stelle [Mahābhārata 6, 361] : gāndhārāḥ). Śiva führt [Mahābhārata 13, 1242] den Beiname sugandhāra . — [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 550] erhält gandhāra m. die Bedeutungen, welche die übrigen Autoritäten dem Worte gāndhāra beilegen. —
2) f. ī Nomen proprium einer Vidyādevī (v. l. gāndhārī) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 240.]
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Gāndhāra (गान्धार):—
1) gāndhāra adj. von gandhāra gaṇa kacchādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 133.] gaṇa sindhvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.] —
2) gāndhāra m. Fürst der Gāndhāri [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 169.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 34.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8, 1, 4, 10.] gāndhārakanyā [Harivaṃśa 8395.] gāndhārī f. Fürstentochter der Gāndhāri (so wird insbes. die Gemahlin Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s genannt) [Mahābhārata 1, 3790. 2, 1725. 2018. 3, 324. 6, 1993. fg.] [14, 1509. fgg.] [Duaupadīpramātha 8, 43.] [Harivaṃśa 1827. 1906. 2040. 8983. 9148.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 8, 3. 9, 22, 25.] gaurī vidyātha gāndhārī (Nomen proprium einer Vidyādevī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 240, v. l.]) keśinī mitrasāhvayā . sāvitryā saha sarvāstāḥ pārvatyā yānti pṛṣṭhataḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 14562.] Viell. hier als Name einer Rāgiṇī aufzufassen; vgl. gāndhāra 4. und gaurī . Bei den Jaina ein göttliches Wesen, welches die Befehle des 21ten Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī ausführt, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 46.] —
3) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes und des von ihm bewohnten Landes (Kandahar); vgl. gandhāra, gandhāri, gāndhāri . [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 550.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 150.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 104. fgg.] [Mahābhārata 6, 361. 12, 7560.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 44, 13.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 4, 23. 77. 78. 9, 21. 10, 7. 14, 28. 16, 26. 17, 19. 69. 26.] kaṣāyapāṇā gāndhārāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 4, 9,] [Scholiast] upasindhugāndhārāḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 66.] gāndhārabrāhmaṇāḥ [307.] gāndhāraviṣaya [Mahābhārata 14, 2484.] [Harivaṃśa 1839.] deśa [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 43, 24.] gāndhāradeśajāṃhayān [Mahābhārata 2, 1830.] [Harivaṃśa 1840.] gāndhārarāja [8982. 6585.] [Mahābhārata 3, 10465.] Der Name des Volkes zurückgeführt auf einen Fürsten Gāndhāra [Harivaṃśa 1839.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 443.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 23. 14.] —
4) m. die 3te Note in der musikalischen Tonleiter [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 1.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 347] (svara und raṇa). [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1401.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (rāga und svara). [Medinīkoṣa] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 67. 4, 140, Nalopākhyāna] [Mahābhārata 4, 515. 12, 6859. 14, 1419.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 85, 40.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 100, 21.] —
5) m. Mennig [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 44.] —
6) f. ī Name zweier Pflanzen: a) = yavāsa [Rājanirghaṇṭa]; b) = durālabhā (unter andern auch = yavāsa) [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma]; s. auch u. 2. —
7) n. Myrrhe (vgl. gandharasa) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 36.]
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Gāndhāra (गान्धार):—
3) viṣaya [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 101, 11.] —
4) [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 259. fg. 268. fg.] Auch Name eines Rāga, eines Sohnes des Rāga Bhairava, [SAM̃GĪTADĀM. im Śabdakalpadruma] —
7) auch Hanfspitzen (die als Tabak geraucht werden), = gā~jā im Beng., [Śabdakalpadruma] nach [VIṢṆUSIDDHĀNTASĀRĀVALĪ.] —
8) f. ī Bez. einer Ader im linken Auge [Oxforder Handschriften 236,a,1 v. u. b,6.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGandhāra (गन्धार):——
1) m. — a) Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes. — b) *die dritte Note. — c) *ein best. Rāga. — d) *Mennig. —
2) *f. ī Nomen proprium einer Vidyādevī.
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Gāndhāra (गान्धार):——
1) *Adj. von gandhāra. —
2) m. — a) proparox. ein Fürst der Gāndhāri. — b) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines Volkes. — β) des Stammvaters dieses Volkes. — c) die dritte Note in der musikalischen Tonleiter. — d) *Mennig. —
3) f. ī — a) eine Prinzessin der Gāndhāri , insbes. Bez. der GemahlinDhṛtarāṣṭra's. — b) Nomen proprium einer Viyādevī [Mahābhārata 3,231,48.] *Bei den Jaina einer dem 21ten Arhant zu Diensten stehenden Göttin. — c) eine best. Rāgiṇī [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 37.] — d) Alhagi maurorum [Rājan 4,46.] — e) eine best. Ader im linken Auge. — f) *eine best. Fliege [Galano's Wörterbuch] —
4) n. — a) *Myrrhe. — b) Hanfspitzen.
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Starts with (+4): Gamdharagupta, Gandhara Jataka, Gandharagrama, Gandharaj, Gandharaja, Gandharajan, Gandharaji, Gandharaka, Gandharakayana, Gandharammana, Gandharanem, Gandharapancami, Gandharapanchami, Gandhararaja, Gandharasa, Gandharasah, Gandharasamu, Gandharasangaka, Gandharasvara, Gandharata.
Ends with: Amtaragamdhara, Devagandhara, Gandu gandhara, Jugamdhara, Kavyarasagandhara, Pamcamagamdhara, Pingalagandhara, Rasagandhara, Sugandhara, Yogandhara, Yugandhara.
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