Gandhadvara, Gandhadvāra, Gandha-dvara: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandhadvāra (गन्धद्वार).—a. perceptible through the odour.
Gandhadvāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and dvāra (द्वार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhadvāra (गन्धद्वार):—[=gandha-dvāra] [from gandha] mf(ā)n. perceptible through the odour, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka x.]
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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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXXVIII - Various Vratas described < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter XLVIII - Installations of divine images < [Agastya Samhita]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 62 - Mode of installation of the image of Goddess Lakṣmī
Chapter 58 - Consecration of the idol (snāna)
Chapter 175 - Rules and regulations relating to the vows (vrata-paribhāṣā)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 15 - Glory of Aghoreśa < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]