Gandapradesha, Gaṇḍapradeśa, Ganda-pradesha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gaṇḍapradeśa can be transliterated into English as Gandapradesa or Gandapradesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaṇḍapradeśa (गण्डप्रदेश).—
1) the cheek, the temples of an elephant.
2) temple-region (in general); कण्डूलद्विपगण्डपिण्डकषणम् (kaṇḍūladvipagaṇḍapiṇḍakaṣaṇam) Uttararāmacarita 2.9; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.31.
Derivable forms: gaṇḍapradeśaḥ (गण्डप्रदेशः).
Gaṇḍapradeśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṇḍa and pradeśa (प्रदेश). See also (synonyms): gaṇḍadeśa, gaṇḍasthala, gaṇḍapālī, gaṇḍapiṇḍa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇḍapradeśa (गण्डप्रदेश):—[=gaṇḍa-pradeśa] [from gaṇḍa > gaṇḍ] m. = -deśa, [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: Pradesha, Ganda.
Full-text: Gandapinda, Gandapali, Gandadesha, Gandasthala.
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