Gunakanda, Guṇakāṇḍa, Guna-kanda: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Guṇakāṇḍa (गुणकाण्ड).—a series of subsidiary (details); एवमेक उत्कृष्यमाणः सर्वं गुणकाण्डमुत्कर्षति (evameka utkṛṣyamāṇaḥ sarvaṃ guṇakāṇḍamutkarṣati) ŚB. on MS.5. 1.24.

Derivable forms: guṇakāṇḍaḥ (गुणकाण्डः).

Guṇakāṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guṇa and kāṇḍa (काण्ड).

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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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