Gandapinda, Gaṇḍapiṇḍa, Ganda-pinda: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaṇḍapiṇḍa (गण्डपिण्ड).—
1) the cheek, the temples of an elephant.
2) temple-region (in general); कण्डूलद्विपगण्डपिण्डकषणम् (kaṇḍūladvipagaṇḍapiṇḍakaṣaṇam) Uttararāmacarita 2.9; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.31.
Derivable forms: gaṇḍapiṇḍaḥ (गण्डपिण्डः).
Gaṇḍapiṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṇḍa and piṇḍa (पिण्ड). See also (synonyms): gaṇḍadeśa, gaṇḍapradeśa, gaṇḍasthala, gaṇḍapālī.
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: Pinda, Ganda.
Full-text: Gandapradesha, Gandapali, Gandadesha, Gandasthala.
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