Gandhasara, Gamdhasara, Gandha-sara, Gandhasāra: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Gandhasara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार) refers to the “aromatic” type of the Sāra (“heart-wood”) part of plants, representing a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—Sāra (heartwood) is the “hard portion inside the bark of the tree”. Just as in the case of an animal the bony skeleton provides support to the body, similarly in a plant the heartwood enables it to stand erect. The heartwood is developed through years, by successive layers. The Heartwood (sāra) may be classified into two kinds—having oleaginous principle (snehayukta), aromatic principle (gandhasāra).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार) is another name (synonym) for Candana, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Santalum album (Indian sandalwood). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 12.6-8), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Biology (plants and animals)
Gandhasara in India is the name of a plant defined with Jasminum sambac in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mogorium goaense Zuccagni (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Biodiversidad del estado de Tabasco (2005)
· Cytologia (1992)
· Flora (1864)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1991)
· Flora of the British India (1882)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Gandhasara, for example chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
gandhasāra : (m.) sandal-wood tree.
gandhasāra (ဂန္ဓသာရ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[gandha+sāra．gandhānaṃ sāro uttamo gandhasāro,gandhayutto sāro thiraṃso vā gandhasāro．,ṭī.3vava.]
[ဂန္ဓ+သာရ။ ဂန္ဓာနံ သာရော ဥတ္တမော ဂန္ဓသာရော၊ ဂန္ဓယုတ္တော သာရော ထိရံသော ဝါ ဂန္ဓသာရော။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၃ဝဝ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
gandhasāra—
(Burmese text): စန္ဒကူးဖြူ။
(Auto-Translation): White sandalwood.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार).—
1) sandal.
2) a kind of jasmine.
Derivable forms: gandhasāraḥ (गन्धसारः).
Gandhasāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and sāra (सार).
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार).—m.
(-raḥ) Sandal. E. gandha and sāra essence, the essence of perfume.
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार).—[masculine] sandal-wood.
1) Gandhasāra (गन्धसार):—[=gandha-sāra] [from gandha] m. sandal-wood, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of jasmine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार):—[gandha-sāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Sandal.
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार):—(ga + sāra) m.
1) Sandelholz [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 32.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 641.] —
2) eine Art Jasmin (mudgara) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Gandhasāra (गन्धसार):—m. —
1) Sandelholz. —
2) eine Art Jasmin.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Gaṃdhasāra (ಗಂಧಸಾರ):—[noun] the tree Santalum album (=Sirium myrtifolium) of Santalaceae family, with sweet smelling heartwood used for carving.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Gandha, Sara, Cara.
Starts with (+0): Gamdhasaraku, Gandhasarana.
Full-text (+0): Saragandha, Ganthisara, Karcura, Gandhayaksha, Kantacaram, Snehayukta, Sneha, Sara, Candana.
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