m.Name of a mountain (forming the division between ilāvṛta- and bhadrāśva-, to the east of meru-, renowned for its fragrant forests) etc. (once gandh/a-madana-)
m. a gandharva- [though in later times the gandharva-s are regarded as a class, yet in rarely more than one is mentioned;he is designated as the heavenly gandharva-(divy/a g-),and is also called viśvā-vasu-()and vāyu-keśa- (in plural);his habitation is the sky, or the region of the air and the heavenly waters();his especial duty is to guard the heavenly soma-() , which the gods obtain through his intervention(; see);it is obtained for the human race by indra-, who conquers the gandharva- and takes it by force();the heavenly gandharva- is supposed to be a good physician, because the soma- is considered as the best medicine;possibly, however, the word soma- originally denoted not the beverage so called, but the moon, and the heavenly gandharva- may have been the genius or tutelary deity of the moon;in one passage() the heavenly gandharva- and the soma- are identified;he is also regarded as one of the genii who regulate the course of the Sun's horses (; see);he knows and makes known the secrets of heaven and divine truths generally ();he is the parent of the first pair of human beings, yama- and yamī-() , and has a peculiar mystical power over women and a right to possess them();for this reason he is invoked in marriage ceremonies();ecstatic states of mind and possession by evil spirits are supposed to be derived from the heavenly gandharva-(see-gṛhīta-, -graha-);the gandharva-s as a class have the same characteristic features as the one gandharva-;they live in the sky() , guard the soma-(),are governed by varuṇa- (just as the āpsarasa-s are governed by soma-) ,know the best medicines(),regulate the course of the asterisms(;hence twenty-seven are mentioned ),follow after women and are desirous of intercourse with them();as soon as a girl becomes marriageable, she belongs to soma-, the gandharva-s, and agni-();the wives of the gandharva-s are the āpsarasa-s(seegandharvāpsar/as-),and like them the gandharva-s are invoked in gambling with dice();they are also feared as evil beings together with the rākṣasa-s, kimīdin-s, piśāca-s, etc., amulets being worn as a protection against them();they are said to have revealed the veda-s to vāc-(; see),and are called the preceptors of the ṛṣi-s(); purūravas- is called among them();in epic poetry the gandharva-s are the celestial musicians or heavenly singers(see)who form the orchestra at the banquets of the gods, and they belong together with the āpsarasa-s to indra-'s heaven, sharing also in his battles( etc.; see);in the more systematic mythology the gandharva-s constitute one of the classes into which the higher creation is divided(id est gods, manes, gandharva-s ;or gods, asura-s, gandharva-s, men ; see;or gods, men, gandharva-s, āpsarasa-s, sarpa-s, and manes ;for other enumerations see [ ] etc.);divine and human gandharva-s are distinguished(;the divine or deva-gandharva-s are enumerated );another passage names 11 classes of gandharva-s();the chief or leader of the gandharva-s is named citra-ratha-();they are called the creatures of prajāpati-() or of brahmā-() or of kaśyapa- () or of the muni-s() or of prādhā-() or of ariṣṭā-()or of vāc-();with jaina-s the gandharva-s constitute one of the eight classes of the vyantara-s]
m. "the form of marriage peculiar to the gandharva-s", a marriage proceeding entirely from love without ceremonies and without consulting relatives (allowed between persons of the second or military class)
गन्धः [गन्ध्-पचाद्यच्] 1 Smell, odour; गन्धमाघ्राय चोर्व्याः Me.21; अपघ्नन्तो दुरितं हव्यगन्धैः Ś.4.8; R.12.27. (गन्ध is changed to गन्धि when as the last member of a Bah. comp. it is preceded by उद्, पूति, सु, सुरभि, or when the compound implies comparison; सुगन्धि, सुरभिगन्धि, कमलगन्धि मुखम्; शालिनिर्यासगन्धिभिः R.1.38; आहुति˚ 1.53; also when गन्ध is used in the sense of 'a little'). -2 Smell considered as one of the 24 properties or guṇas of the Vaiśeṣikas; it is a property characteristic of पृथिवी or earth which is defined as गन्धवती पृथ्वी T. S. -3 The mere smell of anything, a little, a very small quantity; घृतगन्धि भोजनम् Sk. -4 A perfume, any fragrant substance; एषा मया सेविता गन्धयुक्तिः Mk.8; Y.1. 231; Mu.1.4. -5 Sulphur. -6 Pounded sandal wood. -7 Connection, relationship. -8 A neighbour. -9 Pride, arrogance; as in आत्तगन्ध humbled or mortified. -1 An epithet of Śiva. -11 A sectarial mark on the forehead. -12 Similarity (सादृश्य); डुण्डुभानहिगन्धेन न त्वं हिंसितुमर्हसि Mb.1.1.3. -न्धम् 1 Smell. -2 Black aloewood. -Comp. -अधिकम् a kind of perfume. -अपकर्ष- णम् removing smells. -अम्बु n. fragrant water. -अम्ला the wild lemon tree. -अश्मन् m. sulphur. ...... गन्धा- श्मानं मनःशिलाम् । Śiva. B.3.19. -अष्टकम् a mixture of 8 fragrant substances offered to deities, varying in kind according to the nature of the deity to whom they are offered. Generally sandal, camphor, saffron, उशीर, cyperus pertenuis (Mar. नागरमोथा), गोरोचन, देवदार and a flower are used in the mixture. -आखुः the musk-rat. -आजीवः a vendor of perfumes. -आढ्य a. rich in odour, very fragrant; स्रजश्चोत्तमगन्धाढ्याः Mb. (-ढ्यः) the orange tree. (-ढ्यम्) sandal-wood. -इन्द्रियम् the organ of smell. -इभः, -गजः, -द्विपः, -हस्तिन् m. 'the scentelephant', an elephant of the best kind; यस्य गन्धं
समाघ्राय न तिष्ठन्ति प्रतिद्विपाः । स वै गन्धगजो नाम नृपतेर्विजयावहः ॥ Pālakāpyam; शमयति गजानन्यान्गन्धद्विपः कलभो$पि सन् V.5. 18; R.6.7;17.7; गन्धेन जेतुः प्रमुखागतस्य गन्धद्विपस्येव मतङ्गजौघः । Ki.17.17. -उत्तमा spirituous liquor. -उदम् scented water; Bhāg.9.11.26. -उपजीविन् m. one who lives by perfumes, a perfumer. -ओतुः (forming गन्धोतु वार्तिक or गन्धौतु) the civet cat. -कारिका 1 a female servant whose business is to prepare perfumes. -2 a female artisan living in the house of another, but not altogether subject to another's control. -कालिका, -काली f. N. of Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa; Mb.1. -काष्ठम् aloe-wood. -कुटी 1 a kind of perfume. (-टिः, -टी) -2 The Buddhist temple, any chamber used by Buddha; पुण्योद्देशवशाच्चकार रुचिरां शौद्धोदनेः श्रद्धया । श्रीमद्गन्धकुटीमिमामिव कुटीं मोक्षस्य सौख्यस्य च ॥ (An inscription at Gayā V.9. Ind. Ant. Vol.X). -केलिका, -चेलिका musk. -ग a. 1 taking a scent, smelling. -2 redolent. -गजः see गन्धेभ. -गुण a. having the property of odour. -घ्राणम् the smelling of any odour. -चरा f. The fourth stage of must of an elephant; Mātaṅga L.9.15. -जलम् fragrant water; सिक्तां गन्धजलैः Bhāg.1.11.14. -ज्ञा the nose. -तूर्यम् a musical instrument of a loud sound used in battle (as a drum or trumpet). -तैलम् 1 a fragrant oil, a kind of oil prepared with fragrant substances. -2 sulphur-butter. -दारु n. aloe-wood. -द्रव्यम् a fragrant substance. -द्वार a. perceptible through the odour. -धारिन् a. bearing fragrance. (-m.) an epithet of Śiva. -धूलिः f. musk. -नकुलः the musk-rat. -नालिका, -नाली the nose. -निलया a kind of jasmine. -पः N. of a class of manes. -पत्रा, -पलाशी a species of zedoary. -पलाशिका turmeric. -पालिन् m. an epithet of Śiva. -पाषाणः sulphur. -पिशाचिका the smoke of burnt fragrant resin (so called from its dark colour or cloudy nature, or perhaps from its attracting demons by fragrance). -पुष्पः 1 the Vetasa plant. -2 The Ketaka plant. (-ष्पम्) 1 a fragrant flower. -2 flowers and sandal offered to deities at the time of worship. -पुष्पा an indigo plant. -पूतना a kind of imp or goblin. -फली 1 the Priyañgu creeper. -2 a bud of the Champaka tree. -बन्धुः the mango tree. -मातृ f. the earth. -मादन a. intoxicating with fragrance. (-नः) 1 a large black bee. -2 sulphur. -3 an epithet of Rāvaṇa. (-नः, -नम्) N. of a particular mountain to the east of Meru, renowned for its fragrant forests (-नम्) the forest on this mountain. -मादनी spirituous liquor. -मादिनी lac. -मार्जारः the civet cat. -मुखा, -मूषिकः, -मूषी f. the musk rat. -मृगः 1 the civet cat. -2 the musk-deer. -मैथुनः a bull. -मोदनः sulphur. -मोहिनी a bud of the Champaka tree. -युक्तिः f. preparation of perfumes. -रसः myrrh (Mar. रक्त्याबोळ); लाक्षां गन्धरसं चापि ...... Śiva. B.3.2. ˚अङ्गकः turpentine. -राजः a kind of jasmine. (-जम्) 1 a sort of perfume. -2 sandal-wood. -लता the Priyañgu creeper. -लोलुपा 1 a bee. -2 a fly or gnat. -वहः the wind; रात्रिंदिवं गन्धवहः प्रयाति Ś.5.4; दिग्दक्षिणा गन्धवहं मुखेन Ku.3.25. -वहा the nose. -वाहः 1 the wind; देहं दहन्ति दहना इव गन्धवाहाः Bv.1.14. -2 the musk-deer. -वाही the nose. -विह्वलः wheat. -वृक्षकः, -वृक्ष the Śāla tree. -व्याकुलम् a kind of fragrant berry (कक्कोल.) -शुण़्डिनी the musk-rat. -शेखरः musk. -सारः 1 sandal. -2 a kind of jasmine. -सुखी, -सूयी the musk shrew. -सोमम् the white water-lily. -हस्तिन् m. a scent-elephant; यस्य गन्धं समाघ्राय न तिष्ठन्ति प्रतिद्विपाः । तं गन्धहस्तिनं प्राहुर्नृपतोर्विजयावहम् ॥ Pālakāpyam. -हारिका a female servant whose business is to prepare perfumes; cf. गन्धकारिका.
गन्धर्वः 1 A celestial musician, a class of demi-gods regarded as the singers or musicians of gods, and said to give good and agreeable voice to girls; पतङ्गो वाचं मनसा बिभर्ति तां गन्धर्वो$वदद्गर्भे अन्तः Rv.1.177.2; Av.11.5.2; सोमं शौचं ददावासां गन्धर्वश्च शुभां गिरम् Y.1.71. -2 A singer in general; Mb.7.57.4. -3 A horse; Mb.3. -4 The musk-deer. -5 The soul after death and previous to its being born again; तस्यासीद्दुहिता गन्धर्वगृहीता Bṛi. Up.3.3.1. -6 The black cuckoo. -7 The sun. -8 A sage, pious man; Vāj.32.7. -Comp. -तैलम् Castor-oil. -नगरम्, -पुरम् the city of the Gandharvas, an imaginary city in the sky, probably the result of some natural phenomenon, such as mirage; गन्धर्वनगराकारं तथैवान्तर्हितं पुनः Mb.1.126.35. -राजः Chitraratha, the chief of the Gandharvas. -विद्या the science of music. -विवाहः one of the eight forms of marriage described in Ms.3.27 &c.; in this form marriage proceeds entirely from love or the mutual inclination of a youth and maiden without ceremonies
and without consulting relatives; it is, as Kālidāsa observes, कथमप्यबान्धवकृता स्नेहप्रवृत्तिः Ś.4.17. -वेदः one of the four subordinate Vedas or Upavedas, which treats of music; see उपवेद. -हस्तः, -हस्तकः the castoroil plant.
अतिगन्ध a. Having an excessive or overpowering smell. -न्धः 1 Sulphur. -2 N. of various plants: चम्पक, भूततृण lemon-grass &. मुद्गर. (Mar. सुगंधी रोहिस गवत, सोन- चांफा, बटमोगरा)
a. (ikâ) smelling or smack ing of (--°ree;); -gaga, m.=gandha-dvipa; -grâhin, a. perfumed; -dvipa, -dvirada, m. elephant in rut; -pâshâna-vat, a. sulphurous; -mâdana, m. N. of a mountain-range with fragrant forests; -mâlin, m. N. of a Nâga; -mâlya, n. du. and pl. perfumes and garlands; -rasa, m. perfumes and spices.
m. N. of a part of Bhâratavarsha; -tva, n. condition of a Gandharva; -dattâ, f. N. of a Gandharva princess; -nagara, n. city of the Gandharvas; mirage; -pura, n. city of the Gandharvas; -râga, m. king of the Gandharvas.
a. fragrant; having the quality of smell: -î, f. N. of a river; -vaha, a. wafting fragrance; m. wind; -vâha, m. wind; -sâli, m. fragrant rice; *-sâra, m. sandal-wood.
noun (masculine neuter) a fragrant substance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a neighbour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sectarial mark on the forehead (called so in the south of India) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
arrogance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
connection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fragrance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Hyperanthera Moringa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
in comp. "fragrant" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
little (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
myrrh (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
odour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pounded sandal-wood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pride (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relationship (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small quantity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
smell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sulphur (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the mere smell of anything (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) the mountain Gandhamādana (?)
name of a monkey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Śvaphalka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a large black bee (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a monkey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (forming the division between Ilāvṛta and Bhadrāśva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Rāvaṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sulfur
[medic.] name of an antidote Frequency rank 3356/72933
noun (feminine) Curcuma amhaldi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Curcuma zerumbet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Emblica officinalis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) continued effort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
derision (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hurting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
injury (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
perseverance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pointing out or alluding to the faults of others (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Artemisia vulgaris (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Piper Chaba (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Vanda Roxburghii (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Aegle Marmelos (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Aristolochia indica Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 550)
a kind of Ocimum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Majorana hortensis Moench. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 550)
the leaves of prasāraṇī (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 550)
the orange tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the white type of tulasī (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 550) Frequency rank 21193/72933
noun (feminine) Physalia flexuosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Ambaṣṭhā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Aśva-gandhā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Aegle Marmelos (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Feronia elephantum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Tejaḥphala (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Batatas paniculata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Trigonella foenum graecum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Olibanum tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Alangium hexapetalum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Calamus Rotang (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cordia Myxa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) gaṇikārī (Premna spinosa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Pandanus odoratissimus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Indigo plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a Gandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a horse
a sage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a singer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Koel or black cuckoo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) an imaginary town in the sky (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Fata Morgana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the city of the Gandharva people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of bdellium (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of jasmine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an author of Prākṛt verses (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of white flower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sandal-wood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of oil prepared with fragrant substances (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sulfurated butter prepared from milk boiled with the addition of sulfur
sulphur-butter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective endowed with fragrance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
endowed with the quality of smell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
odoriferous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scented (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a kind of jasmine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a city belonging to Varuṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a city belonging to Vāyu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) preparation of perfumes (one of the 64 Kalās) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the blending of fragrant substances (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of jasmin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lemon-grass (Andropogon Schaenunthes) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sulphur (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Champac flower (Michelia Champaca) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) an onion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bad smell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stink (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the mangotree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective arrogant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fragrant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having smell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having the same smell as (instr. or comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
odoriferous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
proud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
related (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
smelling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
with sulfure Frequency rank 13812/72933
noun (masculine) tumburu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Andropogon Schoenanthus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fragrant ointment (made of various substances) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fragrant smell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a red-blossomed Moringa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a trader (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dealer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fragrance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
marjoram (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
resin of Boswellia thurifera
sulphur (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the chick-pea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] a class of worms Frequency rank 9284/72933
noun (neuter) kat-tṛṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
civet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Tirtha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sandal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small cumin seed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the blue lotus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Granthi-parṇa plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sauvarcala
a ruby Frequency rank 13856/72933
noun (masculine) a kind of bulbous plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of culinary herb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of grain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Momordica Mixta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red-blossomed basil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sulphur (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the orange (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) small cumin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sochal salt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kācalavaṇa
sauvarcala Frequency rank 31298/72933
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