Ganthi, Gaṇṭhi, Gamthi, Gāṃṭhī: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Ganthi means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
India history and geography
Gāṇṭhi.—(LP), a package; cf. Gujarātī gāṇṭhd8ī. Note: gāṇṭhi 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Ganthi in India is the name of a plant defined with Boehmeria rugulosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pouzolzia rugulosa (Wedd.) Acharya & Kravtsova.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Edinburgh Journal of Botany (2009)
· Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. (1856)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ganthi, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, 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
gaṇṭhi : (f.) a knot; a tie; a wooden block.
Gaṇṭhi, (m.) (Vedic granthi, to grem to comprise, hold together, cp. Lat. gremium, Sk. gaṇa & grāma, see also gantha) 1. a knot, a tie, a knot or joint in a stalk (of a plant) J.I, 172; DA.I, 163; DhA.I, 321 (°jātaṃ what has be come knotty or hard);—diṭṭhi-gaṇṭhi the tangle of false doctrine VvA.297; anta-gaṇṭh-ābādha entanglement of intestines Vin.I, 275.—2. a (wooden) block Vin.II, 110 (of sandal wood).
1) ganthi (ဂန္ထိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[gantha+i]
[ဂန္ထ+ဣ]
2) gaṇṭhi (ဂဏ္ဌိ) [(thī,pu) (ထီ၊ပု)]—
[gantha+i．ganthetīti gaṇṭhi．,7.7．,1.52- nta- ṇṭha-pru．(grantisaṃ) ganti-.]
[ဂန္ထ+ဣ။ ဂန္ထေတီတိ ဂဏ္ဌိ။ မောဂ်၊၇။၇။ မောဂ်၊၁။၅၂-သုတ်ဖြင့် န္တ-ကို ဏ္ဌ-ပြု။ (ဂြန္တိသံ) ဂန္တိ-လည်းကြည့်။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) ganthi—
(Burmese text): (က) အထုံး၊ ထုံးခြင်း။ (ခ) ချည်လည်ရွဲ (ဆွဲ) တန်းဆာ။ (ဂ) နှောင်ဖွဲ့-ရစ်ပတ်-ဆက်စပ်-ခြင်း။ ဂန္ထိတွာ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (a) Pattern, traditional practice. (b) Tangle of threads (pulling) line. (c) Knotting - twisting - connection. Look at the genius.
2) gaṇṭhi—
(Burmese text): (ထီ) (၁) ကမ္ပတ်သီးအိမ်။ (ပု) (၂) အထုံး (ကြိုးထုံး,ချည်ထုံး,မြက်ထုံးစသည်)။ (၃) အဆစ်။ (က) ခက်ဆစ် ခက်ရာ၊ မပေါ်လွင်သော ရှိသော သဒ္ဒါ။ (၄) အဖု၊ အဖု အပိမ့်။ (၅) အဖွဲ့၊ အနှောင်အဖွဲ့၊ နှောင်ဖွဲ့ခြင်း။ (၆) အထုပ်။ (၇) ကောက်ကျစ်ခြင်း။ (၈) ညမွှေးပန်းပင်၊ ဆောင်တော်ကူးပန်းပင်။ ဂဏ္ဌိပုပ္ဖ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Shutter house. (2) Types (string types, thread types, grass types, etc.). (3) Biting insect. (a) Unexpected, existing condition that is not apparent. (4) Cluster, cluster of flowers. (5) Group, grouping and arranging. (6) Bundle. (7) Collecting. (8) Evening fragrant plant, sacred flower plant. Look into the flowers of Ganthi.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
gāṇṭhī (गांठी).—f (gāṇṭha) A necklace of cloves, nutmegs &c. for a child;--esp. worn during the festival of hōḷī. 2 m R A bit of the leaf of aḷūṃ knotted &c. Also understood by some as f pl of gāṇṭha Bits of &c.
gāṇṭhī (गांठी).—f Necklace of cloves, &c. for a child.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Gaṃṭhi (गंठि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Gṛṣṭi.
2) Gaṃthi (गंथि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Granthin.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Nepali dictionary
Gāṃṭhī (गांठी):—[=गाँठी] n. 1. the real solution to a problem; 2. inner intention; essence; gist; 3. the size and shape of body; 4. small size of गाँठो [gāṃṭho]
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)
Starts with (+11): Ganthia, Ganthia ghas, Ganthian, Ganthibaddha, Ganthibheda, Ganthibhedaka, Ganthica Dama, Ganthihalada, Ganthijata, Ganthika, Ganthikahatapatta, Ganthikajata, Ganthikakarana, Ganthikakasava, Ganthikanguli, Ganthikantara, Ganthikapasakapatta, Ganthikapatimukkatthana, Ganthikapatimuncanatthana, Ganthikapatta.
Full-text (+43): Ganthitthana, Ganthika, Pabbaganthi, Candanaganthi, Vinayaganthipada, Ganthipanha, Ganthikata, Vadaganthi, Ganthikarana, Ganthibheda, Antaganthi, Ganthijata, Ganthibhedaka, Ganthipada, Bhisaganthi, Ganthipuppha, Tinaganthi, Bhamvayamsa Ganthi Ghalanem, Antaganthabadha, Ganthitara.
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