Gandhadhya, Gandhāḍhya, Gandha-adhya: 10 definitions

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Gandhadhya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य) is another name (synonym) for Candana, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Santalum album (Indian sandalwood). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 12.6-8), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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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.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

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Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य) refers to “scenting (the earth)” (with camphor and saffron), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 2.17-19]—“The pure-souled Ācārya should draw an eight petaled lotus, in smooth, pure earth [that is] smeared with sandal and aloe wood [and] scented (gandhāḍhya) [with] fragrant camphor and strong saffron. After he has drawn [the lotus] with a great undertaking, [the Ācarya,] decorated and adorned with a crown, smeared with sandalwood, [writes] the mātṛkā. Having placed oṃ in the middle [on the pericarp of the lotus], he should draw [the phonemes of the mātṛkā on the petals] starting in the East”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Gandhadhya in India is the name of a plant defined with Casearia esculenta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Casearia ovata Willd. (among others).

2) Gandhadhya is also identified with Citrus aurantium It has the synonym Citrus hystrix H. Perrier (etc.).

3) Gandhadhya is also identified with Vetiveria zizanioides It has the synonym Andropogon odoratus Steud. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Caryologia (1985)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1817)
· Molecular Ecology (1998)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1858)
· Observationes Botanicae (1783)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य).—a. rich in odour, very fragrant; स्रजश्चोत्तमगन्धाढ्याः (srajaścottamagandhāḍhyāḥ) Mb.

-ḍhyaḥ the orange tree.

-ḍhyam sandal-wood.

Gandhāḍhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and āḍhya (आढ्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य).—m.

(-ḍhyaḥ) The orange tree. f.

(-ḍhyā) A plant: see gandhālī. E. gandha, and āḍhya wealth, rich in odour.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य).—[adjective] rich in odours, fragrant.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य):—[from gandha] mfn. rich in odour, fragrant, [Nalopākhyāna v, 38; Subhāṣitāvali]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the orange tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Gandhāḍhyā (गन्धाढ्या):—[from gandhāḍhya > gandha] f. = dha-niśā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] yellow jasmine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Paederia foetida, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] the plant Rāmataruṇī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] the plant Ārāma-śītalā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] = dhanakula, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

9) Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य):—[from gandha] n. sandal-wood, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] a kind of perfume, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gandhāḍhya (गन्धाढ्य):—[gandhā+ḍhya] (dyaḥ) 1. m. The orange tree.

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