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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gandhājīva (गन्धाजीव).—a vendor of perfumes.

Derivable forms: gandhājīvaḥ (गन्धाजीवः).

Gandhājīva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and ājīva (आजीव).

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

Gandhājīva (गन्धाजीव).—m.

(-vaḥ) A vender of perfumes. E. gandha, and ājīva who gets a livelihood.

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

Gandhājīva (गन्धाजीव):—[from gandha] m. ‘living by perfumes’, vendor of perfumes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Gandhājīva (गन्धाजीव):—[gandhā+jīva] (vaḥ) 1. m. One who gains a livelihood by vending perfumes.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gandhajiva 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.

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Partial matches: Ajiva, Gandha.

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