Gandhagaja, Gandha-gaja, Gamdhagaja: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandhagaja (गन्धगज).—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: gandhagajaḥ (गन्धगजः).
Gandhagaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and gaja (गज). See also (synonyms): gandhebha, gandhadvipa, gandhahastin.
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Gandhagaja (गन्धगज).—see गन्धेभ (gandhebha).
Derivable forms: gandhagajaḥ (गन्धगजः).
Gandhagaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and gaja (गज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhagaja (गन्धगज).—m.
(-jaḥ) An elephant of the best kind. E. gandha odour, gaja an elephant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhagaja (गन्धगज).—[masculine] scent-elephant (i.e. an elephant in rut).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhagaja (गन्धगज):—[=gandha-gaja] [from gandha] m. ‘scent-elephant’, an elephant during rut, [Kādambarī]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhagaja (गन्धगज):—[gandha-gaja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Fine elephant.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusGaṃdhagaja (ಗಂಧಗಜ):—[noun] an elephant in rut.
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: Gaja, Gandha.
Full-text: Gandhadvipa, Gandhebha, Sadadana, Auddhatya, Gandhahastin, Auddhatyakaukritya.
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