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Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Gandhadvipa (गन्धद्विप) refers to “scent elephants” (born during springtime), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] 40. Of all creatures the springtime is declared to produce must (intoxication, exhilaration), but particularly of elephants. Therefore those who are born in spring are scent elephants (gandhadvipa). And from the smell of their sweat, dung, urine, and must-fluid other elephants instantly are excited (made must). These scent elephants are bringers of victory to kings”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gandhadvipa (गन्धद्विप).—m. 'the scentelephant', an elephant of the best kind; यस्य गन्धं समाघ्राय न तिष्ठन्ति प्रतिद्विपाः । स वै गन्धगजो नाम नृपतेर्विजयावहः (yasya gandhaṃ samāghrāya na tiṣṭhanti pratidvipāḥ | sa vai gandhagajo nāma nṛpatervijayāvahaḥ) || Pālakāpyam; शमयति गजानन्यान्गन्धद्विपः कलभोऽपि सन् (śamayati gajānanyāngandhadvipaḥ kalabho'pi san) V.5. 18; R.6.7;17.7; गन्धेन जेतुः प्रमुखागतस्य गन्धद्विपस्येव मतङ्गजौघः (gandhena jetuḥ pramukhāgatasya gandhadvipasyeva mataṅgajaughaḥ) | Kirātārjunīya 17.17.

Derivable forms: gandhadvipaḥ (गन्धद्विपः).

Gandhadvipa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and dvipa (द्विप). See also (synonyms): gandhebha, gandhagaja, gandhahastin.

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

Gandhadvipa (गन्धद्विप).—m.

(-paḥ) An elephant of the best class, supposed to emit a particular smell at all times. E. gandha, and dvipa an elephant.

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

Gandhadvipa (गन्धद्विप).—m. a very strong kind of elephant, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 156.

Gandhadvipa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and dvipa (द्विप).

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

Gandhadvipa (गन्धद्विप).—[masculine] = gandhadvaja.

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

Gandhadvipa (गन्धद्विप):—[=gandha-dvipa] [from gandha] m. = -gaja, [Vikramorvaśī; Raghuvaṃśa; Kirātārjunīya]

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

Gandhadvipa (गन्धद्विप):—[gandha-dvipa] (paḥ) 1. m. A fine elephant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gandhadvipa in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gaṃdhadvipa (ಗಂಧದ್ವಿಪ):—[noun] = ಗಂಧಗಜ [gamdhagaja].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gandha, Dvipa.

Full-text: Gandhagaja, Gandhebha, Gandhahastin, Gandhadvirada, Sha.

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