gandha

Dictionary meanings for gandha from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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gandha

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. smell, odour (nine kinds are enumerated, viz. iṣṭa, aniṣṭa, madhura, kaṭu, nirhārin, saṃhata, snigdha, rūkṣa, viśada MBh. xii, 6848; a tenth kind is called amla L.;) RV. i, 162, 10; AV.; VS. &c (ifc. f (A). MBh. BhP.) 345,1 62971 m. a fragrant substance, fragrance, scent, perfume (generally used in pl.; in comp. = fragrant cf. -jala &c) Gobh.; La1t2y.; Pa1rGr2. &c 345,1 62972 m. sulphur 345,1 62973 m. pounded...

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