Gandhamatri, Gandhamātṛ, Gandha-matri: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gandhamātṛ can be transliterated into English as Gandhamatr or Gandhamatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandhamātṛ (गन्धमातृ).—f. the earth.
Gandhamātṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and mātṛ (मातृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhamātṛ (गन्धमातृ).—f.
(-tā) The earth. E. gandha scent, and mātṛ the mother; the property of fragrance. residing in the earth or earthy atoms.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhamātṛ (गन्धमातृ):—[=gandha-mātṛ] [from gandha] f. ‘mother of odour’, the earth (the quality of odour residing in earth cf. [Manu-smṛti i, 78]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhamātṛ (गन्धमातृ):—[gandha-mātṛ] (tā) 4. f. The earth.
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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