Gandhika, Gāndhika, Gamdhika: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Gandhikā (गन्धिका) refers to “locusts” (mentioned in protective incantations), according to Surapāla’s Vṛkṣāyurveda chapter 5.—Accordingly, [while describing an incantation (mantra) to protect the field from certain creatures]: “Thus may it be well: from Kiṣkindhā, the great Lord, the great devotee of Viṣṇu, one who has revealed his valour, one who has conquered the orb of Sun and bears the sacred thread, the illustrious God Hanumān’s victorious feet threatens the rats, locusts (gandhikā), mouths etc. That by seeing the document of royal order you will leave this field and go elsewhere. If they do not obey the order, the (you Hanumān), kill them rend them here with your vast moving hard tail.—haṃ, phaṭ, svāhā”.
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.
India history and geography
Gaṇḍhika (गण्ढिक) refers to a “perfumer” and represents one of the occupational groups commonly found in Townships or Urban centers (nagari) in ancient India (Medieval Orissa).—An example (of Township) is provided by the Nagari plates of Anangabhima III, dated A.D. 1230, which describe an assigned township which contained four large houses of the dimension of royal residences and thirty other houses. The occupational groups present in the settlement were [e.g., a perfumer (gaṇḍhika)]. The range of occupations is large, some of them being rural in character. The context in which the township (or Urban centres—nagari) is assigned suggest that nagaris in such cases were perhaps extended villages, formed out of a cluster of several contiguous villages and thus assuming physical and consequently, economic dimensions much larger than those of an ordinary village settlement.
Gāndhika.—(EI 28; LL), a perfumer. Note: gāndhika is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
gandhika : (adj.) having fragrance.
Gandhika, (and °uja Pv.II, 120; II, 121)—1. having perfume, fragrant, scentful, J.I, 266 (su°); Pv.II, 1Q0 (=surabhigandha); II, 121 (sogandhiya); VvA.58 (read gandhikāgandhikehi).-2. dealing in perfume, a perfumer Miln.262 (cp. gandhin 2). (Page 244)
gandhika (ဂန္ဓိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[gandha+ṇika．gandho assa bhaṇḍanti gandhiko．nīti,sutta.764．rū,nhā.224.]
[ဂန္ဓ+ဏိက။ ဂန္ဓော အဿ ဘဏ္ဍန္တိ ဂန္ဓိကော။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။၇၆၄။ ရူ၊နှာ။၂၂၄။]
[Pali to Burmese]
gandhika—
(Burmese text): နံ့သာဟူသော ဥစ္စာရှိသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): There is a substance called fragrance, him.
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
Gandhika (गन्धिक).—a. (Used only at the end of comp.)
1) Having the smell of; as in उत्पलगन्धिक (utpalagandhika).
2) Having a very small quantity of, having only the smell of; भ्रातृगन्धिकः (bhrātṛgandhikaḥ) a brother only in name; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.
-kaḥ 1 A seller of perfumes.
2) Sulphur.
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Gāndhika (गान्धिक).—[gandho gandhadravyaṃ paṇyamasya ṭhak]
1) A vendor of perfumes, a perfumer,
2) A scribe, clerk.
3) A kind of insect; L. D. B.
-kam Fragrant wares, perfumes; पण्यानां गान्धिकं पण्यं किमन्यैः काञ्चनादिकैः (paṇyānāṃ gāndhikaṃ paṇyaṃ kimanyaiḥ kāñcanādikaiḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.13.
Derivable forms: gāndhikaḥ (गान्धिकः).
Gandhika (गन्धिक).—(1) at end of [bahuvrīhi] cpds. (= Sanskrit gandhin; in Sanskrit only Lex., except pejoratively = having only the smell [semblance] of…), having the odor of…: Mahāvastu i.168.16 mukhaṃ cotpalagandhikaṃ, and his mouth is lotus- scented: Divyāvadāna 120.2 (bhūmipradeśam…) niṣpūtigandhi- kam; in Lalitavistara 293.5—6 (verse) probably pejorative, as in Sanskrit (above), yasya guṇaiḥ satataṃ guṇagandhikā bhonti surāsuraya- kṣamahoragāḥ, by reason of whose virtues the gods… (etc.) are (or perhaps, with v.l. bhānti, appear) possessed of a mere semblance of virtue (in comparison); (2) m. (= Pali id., Sanskrit gāndhika), a perfumer, dealer in perfumes: Mahāvastu i.38.1; 44.5; iii.113.7; 442.13; in Divyāvadāna mss. vary with gāndhika (see note on 348.23): ga° 351.2, 5; 647.3; 649.19.
Gandhika (गन्धिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) Sulphur. E. gandha smell, and ṭhak affix; also gandhaka.
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Gāndhika (गान्धिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A scribe, a clerk. 2. A vender of perfumes, a perfumer. 3. A kind of worm, having a strong fetid smell. E. gandha smell, and ṭhañ aff.
Gandhika (गन्धिक).—[-gandhi + ka], latter part of a comp. 1. Smelling, 2. Having only the smell of, e. g. bhrātṛ-, adj. Being a brother only nominally, not really, Mahābhārata 3, 16111.
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Gāndhika (गान्धिक).—i. e. gandha + ika, I. m. A vendor of perfumes, Sāh. D. 35, 11. Ii. n. Perfumes, [Pañcatantra] 7, 17.
Gandhika (गन्धिक).—[adjective] smelling of, perfumed with; having the mere smell of a thing, being — only by name.
1) Gandhika (गन्धिक):—[from gandha] mfn. ifc. ‘having the smell or, smelling of’ See utpala-
2) [v.s. ...] having only the smell, having a very little of anything (e.g. bhrātṛ-, being a brother only by name, [Mahābhārata iii, 16111])
3) [v.s. ...] m. a seller of perfumes, [Buddhist literature; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] sulphur, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Gandhikā (गन्धिका):—[from gandhika > gandha] f. [varia lectio] for gabdikā (Name of a country) q.v.
6) Gāndhika (गान्धिक):—m. ([from] gandha), a vender of perfumes, perfumer (kind of mixed caste, [Parāśara-smṛti]), [Kādambarī; Sāhitya-darpaṇa iii, 40/41 and 46/47]
7) a clerk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) a kind of worm having a strong fetid smell (gāndhipokā, a tree-bug), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) n. fragrant wares, perfumes, [Pañcatantra i, 17]
1) Gandhika (गन्धिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
2) Gāndhika (गान्धिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A scribe; a perfumer; a kind of worm.
Gandhika (गन्धिक):—(von gandha)
1) adj. am Ende eines comp. f. ā a) den Geruch von habend: vgl. ajaga, aviga, utpalaga . — b) nur den Geruch von Etwas habend, nicht viel von Etwas besitzend: bhrātṛgandhika nur dem Namen nach Bruder seiend [Mahābhārata 3, 16111.] —
2) m. a) Verkäufer von Wohlgerüchen [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 96.] — b) Schwefel [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 102.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1057.]
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Gāndhika (गान्धिक):—(von gandha)
1) m. a) Händler mit Wohlgerüchen [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 36.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 82.] [Sāhityadarpana 35, 11. 37, 9.] sa tu ambaṣṭhādrājaputryāṃ jātaḥ . iti parāśarapaddhatiḥ . [Śabdakalpadruma] [Colebrooke II, 180.] — b) Schreiber [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) eine Art Baumwanze (vulg. gā~dhipokā) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) n. wohlriechende Waare, Wohlgerüche: paṇyānāṃ gāndhikaṃ paṇyaṃ kimanyaiḥ kāñcanādikaiḥ . ekaikena ca yatkrītaṃ tacchatena pradīyate .. [Pañcatantra I, 17.] gāndhikavyavahāraḥ [7, 17.]
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Gāndhika (गान्धिक):—
1) a) f. ī s. u. citrakāra .
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Gandhika (गन्धिक):—Nomen proprium einer Gegend: śauryagandhikam (sau) [Patañjali] [?a. a. O.3,397,b.]
Gandhika (गन्धिक):——
1) am Ende eines adj. Comp. — a) riechend nach ; s. utpala. — b) nur den Geruch von Etwas habend , so v.a. nur dem Namen nach Etwas seind. —
2) *m. — a) Händler mit Wohlgerüchen (buddh.). — b) Schwefel. —
3) Wohlgerüche. gandhikāpaṇa [Pañcadaṇḍacchattrabandha] —
4) *Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit [Indische studien von Weber 13.]
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Gāndhika (गान्धिक):——
1) m. — a) ein Händler mit Wohlgerüchen [Kād. (1872) 102,4.] Im System eine best. Mischlingskaste. — b) *Schreiber. — c) *eine Art Baumwanze. —
2) f. ī f. zu
1) a). —
3) n. wohlriechende Waare , Wohlgerüche.
Gāndhika (गान्धिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gaṃdhia.
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
Gaṃdhika (ಗಂಧಿಕ):—[adjective] = ಗಂಧಿ [gamdhi]1.
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Gaṃdhika (ಗಂಧಿಕ):—
1) [noun] = ಗಂಧಾಶ್ಮ [gamdhashma].
2) [noun] a seller of perfumes.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Gandhika (गन्धिक):—n. the scent of perfumery merchant;
2) Gāndhika (गान्धिक):—n. a vendor of perfumes; a perfume-seller;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Gandha, Nika, Niga.
Starts with: Gamdhikatagara, Gandhikapana, Gandhikaseni.
Full-text (+47): Sugandhika, Ajagandhika, Dronagandhika, Saugandhika, Ikshugandhika, Rikshagandhika, Putigandhika, Avigandhika, Bhadragandhika, Bhasmagandhika, Marjaragandhika, Vrishyagandhika, Ugragandhika, Utpalagandhika, Bhogigandhika, Madhugandhika, Mridugandhika, Amagandhika, Dhumagandhika, Samagandhika.
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