Gandhakali, Gandhakālī, Gandha-kali: 8 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaGandhakālī (गन्धकाली).—Another name of Satyavatī. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 95, Verse 48).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexGandhakālī (गन्धकाली).—The daughter of Pitṛs, born in the Parāśara line and mother of Vyāsa; again born as Matsyayoni. After her came Acchoda lake.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 13. 76-9: Vāyu-purāṇa 77. 74-5.
Gandhakālī (गन्धकाली) refers to the name of a Lady mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.90.51). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Gandhakālī) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandhakālī (गन्धकाली).—f. Name of Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.
Gandhakālī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and kālī (काली). See also (synonyms): gandhakālikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhakālī (गन्धकाली).—f. (-lī) The mother of the poet Vyasa. E. gandha perfume, kal to make, affixes aṇ and ṅīṣ having a strong scent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhakālī (गन्धकाली):—[=gandha-kālī] [from gandha] f. Name of the mother of the poet Vyāsa, [Mahābhārata i, 3801; Harivaṃśa 1088.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhakālī (गन्धकाली):—[gandha-kālī] (lī) 3. f. Idem.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kali, Gandha.
Starts with: Gandhakalika.
Full-text: Gandhakalika, Apsaras.
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