Gandika, Gaṇḍikā, Gaṇḍīkā, Gaṇḍika: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gaṇḍīkā (गण्डीका).—Apparently a town; to the East of Mālyavat; on the slopes of the Gandhamādhana and the Mālyavata; in the first line Ketumālas; and there is a mahāvṛkṣa Janasa.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 113. 51: Vāyu-purāṇa 43. 1-4.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
gaṇḍikā : (f.) a hollowed block of wood which is used to serve the purpose of a bell; a gong.
Gaṇḍikā, (f.) (a-n. formation from gaṇḍa or gaṇṭha, see also gaṇṭhikā)—1. a stalk, a shaft (cp. gaṇḍī) J.I, 474; DhsA.319 (of the branches of trees: g°-ākoṭana-sadda).—2. a lump, a block of wood (more frequent spelling gaṇṭhikā, q. v.).—3. N. of a plant Vv 354 (=bandhujīvaka VvA.161).
1) gaṇḍika (ဂဏ္ဍိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[gaṇḍa+ika]
[ဂဏ္ဍ+ဣက]
2) gaṇḍikā (ဂဏ္ဍိကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[gaṇḍi+ka+ā]
[ဂဏ္ဍိ+က+အာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) gaṇḍika—
(Burmese text): အနာရှိသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): Sick, he.
2) gaṇḍikā—
(Burmese text): စဉ်းတီးတုံး၊ သားစဉ်းတုံး။
(Auto-Translation): "Thinking deeply, the son is also deep in thought."
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
Gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका).—
1) A sort of pebble.
2) A kind of beverage.
3) Anything advanced beyond the first stage.
Gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका).—(1) stalk (= gaṇḍa, 1; = Pali gaṇḍikā, gaṇṭhikā): ikṣu-g° (= Pali ucchu-g°) Mahāvastu i.17.11, 12; (2) piece (compare gaṇḍa, 2) or block of wood (also Pali id., more often spelled gaṇṭhikā): gośīrṣacandanasya tisro gaṇḍikā vastreṇa pidhāya Divyāvadāna 31.27; (tisro) gaṇḍikā darśitāḥ 32.2; (3) = gaṇḍī, gaṇḍi, gong: Kāraṇḍavvūha 13.8, read, dharma-gaṇḍikām ākoṭayanti (see ākoṭayati).
1) Gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका):—[from gaṇḍaka > gaṇḍ] a f. a hill [Scholiast or Commentator] [Mahābhārata vi, 230 and 282]
2) [v.s. ...] = ṣaṇḍa-viśeṣa, Bhagavatī, [xvi, 4 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] a little knot in the wood (?), [Caraka vi, 18, 77]
4) [v.s. ...] anything advanced beyond the first stage or commencement, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [from gaṇḍ] b f. of ḍaka q.v.
6) Gandikā (गन्दिका):—[varia lectio] for gabd q.v.
7) Gāndika (गान्दिक):—[varia lectio] for gābd.
Gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका):—f.
1) = gaṇḍi in übertr. Bed. so v. a. was über den ersten Anfang (mūla) hinausgeht [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 246,] [Scholiast] —
2) gaṇḍikā oder gaṇḍikākāra eine Art Getränk(?): na gaṇḍikākārayogaṃ kareṇuṃ na cārisomaṃ prapibāmi sagt Indra zu Agni [Mahābhārata 14, 247.] —
3) aparagaṇḍikāḥ ( [Mahābhārata 6, 230]) und pūrvapūrvānugaṇḍikā ( [Mahābhārata 6, 282]) Nn. prr. von Localitäten. In diesen Verbindungen bedeutet gaṇḍikā viell. Abhang (von gaṇḍa Wange) und anugaṇḍikā das daran gelegene Land. — Vgl. kālagaṇḍikā .
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Gandikā (गन्दिका):—f. Nomen proprium einer Localität gaṇa sindhvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.]
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Gāndika (गान्दिक):—adj. aus Gandhikā gebürtig gaṇa sindhvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.]
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Gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका):—
2) [Nīlakaṇṭha] : nagaṃ parvataṃ ḍīyate vihāyasā gacchatīti ḍīḥ pakṣī alpo ḍīrḍikā makṣikāmaśakādistasyākāreṇa yogo syāstītyevaṃrūpamaṇuṃ sūkṣmaṃ kare kurve kareṇeti pāṭhe karomītyadhyāhāraḥ . pāthodhiṃ kare kartumagastya ivāhaṃ parvatamapi maśakīkartuṃ samartho smītyarthaḥ . na śaṇḍikāṃ jaṅgamo no kareṇuriti paṭhi tu kareṇuhastī mama airāvataḥ . śaṇḍikā yuddhaṃ draviḍabhāṣāprasiddheḥ . tāṃ prati jaṅgamo gatiśīlo na bhavatīti no asti airāvatavāhanasya me śatrujaya īṣatkara ityarthaḥ . śaṇḍikāśabdastālavyādiriha jñeyaḥ . indro hanti vṛṣabhaṃ śaṇḍikānāmiti mantravarṇāt . —
3) Hügel nach [Nīlakaṇṭha] — Vgl. puṣpa .
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Gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका):—(Nachträge)
2) [Z. 5 lies] kareṇurhastī . Das Citat am Ende ist aus [Ṛgveda 2, 30, 8.]
Gandikā (गन्दिका):—f. Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit. gabdikā v.l.
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Gāndika (गान्दिक):—Adj. in Gandikā gebürtig.
Gaṇḍikā (गण्डिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gaṃḍiyā.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ika, Ganda, Gamde, Ka, Gandi, A.
Starts with (+0): Gamdikavali, Gandikadhana, Gandikakarayoga.
Full-text (+4): Pushpagandika, Sutragandika, Dhammagandika, Kalagandika, Anugandika, Ucchugandika, Cunnakagandika, Dantakatthacchedanagandika, Gabdika, Yamagandika, Gandikadhana, Kishkindhagandika, Yamagandikam, Gandikakarayoga, Gandiya, Purvapurvanugandika, Gandaka, Maranakantikai, Gandi, Ganda.
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Chapter 75 - The Greatness of Gaṇḍikā < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
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