Gandhaghrana, Gandhaghrāṇa, Gandha-ghrana: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gandhaghrāṇa (गन्धघ्राण).—the smelling of any odour.

Derivable forms: gandhaghrāṇam (गन्धघ्राणम्).

Gandhaghrāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and ghrāṇa (घ्राण).

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

Gandhaghrāṇa (गन्धघ्राण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Smelling any odour. E. gandha, and ghrāṇaṃ smelling.

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

Gandhaghrāṇa (गन्धघ्राण):—[=gandha-ghrāṇa] [from gandha] n. the smelling of any odour, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Gandhaghrāṇa (गन्धघ्राण):—[gandha-ghrāṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. n. Smelling.

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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.

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