Visragandha, Visra-gandha: 6 definitions
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Visragandha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuVisragandhā (विस्रगन्धा) is another name for Hapuṣā, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with Juniperus communis Linn (“common juniper”) or Juniperus macropoda Boiss. (also called Juniperus excelsa polycarpos, or “the Pashtun juniper”), both from the Cupressaceae family of plants, according to verse 4.113-115 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Visragandhā and Hapuṣā, there are a total of eleven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsVisragandha (विस्रगन्ध):—Smell of live fish
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVisragandha (विस्रगन्ध).—a. raw smelling; रुधिरवसाविस्रगन्धिः कुठारः (rudhiravasāvisragandhiḥ kuṭhāraḥ) A. R.4.25; जानुक विस्रगंधी गोधादी मत्स्यबन्धः एव निःसंशयम् (jānuka visragaṃdhī godhādī matsyabandhaḥ eva niḥsaṃśayam) Ś.6.
Visragandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms visra and gandha (गन्ध). See also (synonyms): visragandhi, visragandhin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVisragandha (विस्रगन्ध).—[masculine] the stench of raw flesh.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Visragandha (विस्रगन्ध):—[=visra-gandha] [from visra] m. a musty smell, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. smelling musty or of raw meat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Visragandhā (विस्रगन्धा):—[=visra-gandhā] [from visra-gandha > visra] f. = visrā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vishra, Gandha.
Full-text: Hapusha, Visragandhin, Visragandhi, Vishra.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
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