Gandhapashana, Gandhapāṣāṇa, Gandha-pashana: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gandhapāṣāṇa can be transliterated into English as Gandhapasana or Gandhapashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandhapāṣāṇa (गन्धपाषाण).—sulphur.
Derivable forms: gandhapāṣāṇaḥ (गन्धपाषाणः).
Gandhapāṣāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and pāṣāṇa (पाषाण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhapāṣāṇa (गन्धपाषाण).—m.
(-ṇaḥ) Sulphur. E. gandha smelling, and pāṣāṇa a stone.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhapāṣāṇa (गन्धपाषाण):—[=gandha-pāṣāṇa] [from gandha] m. sulphur, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhapāṣāṇa (गन्धपाषाण):—[gandha-pāṣāṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. Sulphur.
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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: Pasana, Gandha.
Starts with: Gandhapashanavant, Gandhapashanavat.
Full-text: Gandhapashanavat.
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