Matsyagandha, Matsya-gandha: 11 definitions

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

Matsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध):—[(ma + ga)]

1) adj. f. ā Fischgeruch habend, Beiw. und Beiname der Satyavatī, der Mutter Vyāsa’s, [Mahābhārata.1,2398.] [Oxforder Handschriften 80,b,39.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 140,a] [?(II,1).] —

2) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Geschlechts [SAṂSK. K. 185,b,8.] —

3) f. ā eine best. Wasserpflanze, = lāṅgalī, jalapippalī [Jaṭādhara] und [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Mātsyagandha (मात्स्यगन्ध):—(von matsya) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Geschlechts [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 460.] — Vgl. matsyagandha .

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Matsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध):—vgl. mātsyagandha .

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

Matsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध):——

1) Adj. (f. ā) Fischgeruch habend ; f. Beiw. und Beiname der Sathavati , der Mutter Vyāsa's. —

2) m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Geschlechts. —

3) *f. ā Commelina salicifolia [Rājan 4,108.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,168.] [Dhanvantari's Wörterbuch 4,36.]

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Mātsyagandha (मात्स्यगन्ध):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Geschlechts.

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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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