Guccha: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Guccha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Guchchha.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Guccha (गुच्छ) refers to a “bunch of flowers”, as mentioned in a list of six synonyms, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Guccha] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
1) Guccha (गुच्छ) or Gucchapatra refers to a type of Patra (plant-leaf), which represents 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.— The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants, e.g., Leaf (parṇa or patra). [...] A compound leaf with many leaflets is called guccha-patra. They remain attached to the petiole at the base.
2) Guccha (गुच्छ) is also mentioned another name for Triparṇa—another type of Patra (plant-leaf).
3) Guccha (गुच्छ) or Gucchamañjarī refers to one of the eight types of Inflorescencethe (vallarī) of the Puṣpa (“flower”).
4) Guccha (गुच्छ) or Gucchaphala refers to a classification of the Phala (“fruit”).—Fruits (phala) are distinguished by names also. It is known as gucchaphala when many fruits are aggregated on a common pedicel. (e.g., Vitis sp.)
5) Guccha (गुच्छ) or Gucchamūla refers to the “bunches” or “rootlets” (situated below the bulbs) which is present in certains types of the Mūla “root” part of plants.—The term mūla (root) indicates that seedling absorbs food from body from the soil by putting forth its roots before it develops into a plant. Roots which have no woody core, but have thick fleshy substances containing enough sap belong to kāndika-gaṇa. Kāndika root is again divided into three classes, viz. Pāṭṭika, Ruhaka, Aruhaka. In the pāṭṭika type, the primary leaf is surrounded by numerous fleshy layers and have got bunches or rootlets below the bulbs called guccha-mūla (Cf. bulb of Allium cepa).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Guccha (गुच्छ, “bush, shrub”).—One the classifications of plants according to their stature. Gucchas are bushy herbs of various types, such as Jasminum (mallikā) and the like. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā.
Guccha is listed as a classification for plants in the following sources:
The Manusmṛti 1.46-48 by Manu (also known as the Manusaṃhitā and Mānavadharmaśāstra).
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Guccha (गुच्छ) or Gucchāvali refers to “pearl-string” (a pearl necklace of 32 or 70 strings), and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 7.76; 3.127.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
guccha (गुच्छ).—m A cluster, tuft (of blossoms, fruits &c.). An assemblage, a collec- tion, bundle.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Guccha (गुच्छ).—
1) A bundle, bunch (in general); गुच्छगुल्मं तु विविधम् (gucchagulmaṃ tu vividham) Manusmṛti 1.48.
2) A bunch of flowers, a cluster of blossoms, a clump (of trees &c.); अक्ष्णोर्निक्षिपदञ्जनं श्रवणयोस्तापिच्छगुच्छावलिम् (akṣṇornikṣipadañjanaṃ śravaṇayostāpicchagucchāvalim) Gītagovinda 11; Manusmṛti 1.48; Śiśupālavadha 6.5; Y.2.229.
3) The plumage of a peacock.
4) A necklace of pearls (in general).
5) A pearl necklace of 32 (or, according to some, of 7) strings; Kau. A. 2.11.
Derivable forms: gucchaḥ (गुच्छः).
Guccha (गुच्छ).—m.
(-cchaḥ) 1. A cluster of blossoms. 2. A clump of grass. 3. A necklace of thirty-two strings. 4. A pearl necklace. 5. A peacock’s plumage or bundle of peacock’s feathers. 6. A bundle. f. (-cchī) A species of Bonduz: see karañja E. gu to sound, ccha affix, or gudh to play, and cchak affix, where bees, &c. sport.
Guccha (गुच्छ).—m. 1. A shrub, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 48. 2. A cluster of blossoms, [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 11, 11.
Guccha (गुच्छ).—(& ka) [masculine] bundle, b unch, bush.
1) Guccha (गुच्छ):—m. (= gutsa) a bush, shrub, [Manu-smṛti i, 48; Yājñavalkya ii, 229; Jaina literature]
2) a bundle, bunch of flowers, cluster of blossoms, clump (of grass etc.), bunch (of peacock’s feathers), [Gīta-govinda xi, 11]
3) a pearl necklace of 32 (or of 70) strings (cf. ardha-), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā lxxxi, 33]
4) a section in a tale, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
Guccha (गुच्छ):—[(cchaḥ-cchī)] 1. m. 3. f. A cluster of blossoms; a clump of grass; a necklace; a cockade; a bundle. f. A species of Bonduc.
Guccha (गुच्छ):—(aus gutsa durch Assimil.)
1) m. a) Büschel, Bund, Strauss: gucchagulmaṃ ([Kullūka]: mūlata eva yatra latāsamūho bhavati na ca prakāṇḍāni te gucchā mallikādayaḥ . gulmā ekamūlāḥ saṃghātajātāḥ śarekṣuprabhṛtayaḥ) tu vividhaṃ tathaiva tṛṇajātayaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 48.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 229.] śravaṇayostāpicchagucchāvalī [Gītagovinda 11, 11.] = stamba und stavaka [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 21. 3, 4, 6, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1126. 1182.] [Medinīkoṣa kh. 3.] = guluccha, kṣepa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 5.] = kalāpa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 63.] [Medinīkoṣa] a cluster of blossoms; a clump of grass; a peacocks plumage or bundle of peacock’s feathers; a bundle [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — b) ein Perlenschmuck von 32 (nach Andern:
70) Schnüren [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 6, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 660.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 82, 33.] Vgl. ardhaguccha . —
2) f. ī eine Art Karañja (gucchakarañja) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Guccha (गुच्छ):—
1) a) = kṣupa Busch (vgl. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 48.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 229]) [Halāyudha 2, 424.] — Vgl. roma .
Guccha (गुच्छ):—m. —
1) Busch , Büschel , Bund , Strauss. gulma n. Sg. Büsche und Sträucher. —
2) ein Perlenschmuck von 32 oder 70 Schnüren. —
3) *Abschnitt in einer Erzählung [Galano's Wörterbuch]
Guccha (गुच्छ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Guccha, Gucchaya.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Gucchā (गुच्छा) [Also spelled guchchha]:—(nm) a bunch, cluster; tuft; ~[cchedāra] tufty.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Guccha (गुच्छ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Guccha.
Guccha has the following synonyms: Gucchaya.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Guccha (ಗುಚ್ಛ):—
1) [noun] a cluster of things growing or fastened together (as grapes, flowers, etc.); a bunch.
2) [noun] a low, woody plant with several permanent stems instead of a single trunk; a shrub; a bush.
3) [noun] a group of several small plants growing very closely to each other in a relatively smaller area; a clump.
4) [noun] a pearl necklace of twenty-four or seventy strings.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Gucchā (गुच्छा):—n. pl. of गुच्छो [guccho]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
guccha (ဂုစ္ဆ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[gupa+cha]
[ဂုပ+ဆ]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Gupa, Ca, Cha.
Starts with (+4): Gucchabadhra, Gucchabamdha, Gucchabudhna, Gucchadantika, Gucchagulma, Gucchahomge, Gucchahonne, Gucchahvakanda, Gucchaka, Gucchakamda, Gucchakanisha, Gucchakaranja, Gucchakaranjah, Gucchala, Gucchamulika, Gucchapatra, Gucchapattra, Gucchaphala, Gucchapushpa, Gucchapushpaka.
Full-text (+86): Gucchala, Jigucchitva, Romaguccha, Gucchaphala, Gucchapatra, Jigucchamana, Jiguccha, Cakraguccha, Bhogaguccha, Ardhaguccha, Jigucchati, Gucchaka, Jigucchi, Gucchakanisha, Gucchapushpaka, Jigucchita, Jigucchanta, Gucchadantika, Jigucchana, Gucchardha.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1.48 < [Section XXVII - Clumps, thickets and grasses. &c.]