Gandadesha, Gaṇḍadeśa, Ganda-desha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gaṇḍadeśa can be transliterated into English as Gandadesa or Gandadesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaṇḍadeśa (गण्डदेश).—
1) the cheek, the temples of an elephant.
2) temple-region (in general); कण्डूलद्विपगण्डपिण्डकषणम् (kaṇḍūladvipagaṇḍapiṇḍakaṣaṇam) Uttararāmacarita 2.9; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.31.
Derivable forms: gaṇḍadeśaḥ (गण्डदेशः).
Gaṇḍadeśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṇḍa and deśa (देश). See also (synonyms): gaṇḍapradeśa, gaṇḍasthala, gaṇḍapālī, gaṇḍapiṇḍa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇḍadeśa (गण्डदेश):—[=gaṇḍa-deśa] [from gaṇḍa > gaṇḍ] m. the region of the cheeks, cheek, [Horace H. Wilson]
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: Desha, Ganda, Teca.
Full-text: Gandapinda, Gandapradesha, Gandapali, Gandasthala.
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