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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygandhākṣata (गंधाक्षत).—f (S gandha & akṣata The two articles in constant use by the ceremonially clean and pure.) Pure and holy intercourse or relation. Ex. hyācī tyācī gaṃ0 hōta nāhīṃ. Hence gandhākṣatavarjana Prohibition of consociality or the free and equal intercourse. gandhākṣatavarjya Fit to be prohibited &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 6.4.35-37 < [Chapter 4 - Journey to the City of Kuṇḍina]
Verses 6.5.10-11 < [Chapter 5 - The Kidnapping of Śrī Rukmiṇī]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 17.22 < [Chapter 17 - Shraddha-traya-vibhaga-yoga]