Agudhagandha, Agudha-gandha, Agūḍhagandha: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध) is another name for Hiṅgu, a medicinal plant identified with either (1) Ferula nerthex Boiss, or (2) Ferula foetida Regel., from the Apiaceae or “parsley” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.72-74 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Agūḍhagandha and Hiṅgu, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध).—a. having an unconcealed smell.
-ndhaḥ Asafœtida (the smell of which is not easily concealed). [Mar. हिंग (hiṃga)].
Agūḍhagandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agūḍha and gandha (गन्ध).
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध).—n.
(-ndhaṃ) Asafœtida. E. agūḍha and gandha smell.
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध):—[=a-gūḍha-gandha] [from a-gūḍha] n. Asa Foetida.
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध):—[bahuvrihi compound] n.
(-ndham) Asafoetida. E. agūḍha and gandha.
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध):—[a-gūḍha-gandha] (ndhaṃ) 1. n. Asafoetida.
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध):—(agūḍha [3. a + gūḍha part. praet. pass. von guh] + gandha)
1) adj. von nicht-verborgenem, sich leicht kundthuendem Geruch. —
2) n. Asa foetida [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 102.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Agūḍhagandha (अगूढगन्ध):—n. Asa foetida.
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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Partial matches: Agudha, Gandha.
Full-text: Hingu.
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