Gandhataila, Gandha-taila: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGandhataila (गन्धतैल).—
1) a fragrant oil, a kind of oil prepared with fragrant substances.
2) sulphur-butter.
Derivable forms: gandhatailam (गन्धतैलम्).
Gandhataila is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and taila (तैल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGandhataila (गन्धतैल).—n. oil prepared with perfumes, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 24, 16.
Gandhataila is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gandha and taila (तैल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gandhataila (गन्धतैल):—[=gandha-taila] [from gandha] n. a kind of oil prepared with fragrant substances, [Mahābhārata vi, 4434; Rāmāyaṇa iv; Suśruta iv]
2) [v.s. ...] sulphur-butter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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: Gandha, Taila.
Starts with: Gandhatailaka.
Ends with: Sugandhataila.
Full-text: Gandhatailaka, Sugandhatailaniryasa, Samanantara, Dhatu.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 9.8: Before departing, Samantaraśmi bows to the Buddhas of the East < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Processing of medicines < [Chapter 7]
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