Visragandhi, Visra-gandhi: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Visragandhi (विस्रगन्धि).—a. raw smelling; रुधिरवसाविस्रगन्धिः कुठारः (rudhiravasāvisragandhiḥ kuṭhāraḥ) A. R.4.25; जानुक विस्रगंधी गोधादी मत्स्यबन्धः एव निःसंशयम् (jānuka visragaṃdhī godhādī matsyabandhaḥ eva niḥsaṃśayam) Ś.6.

Visragandhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms visra and gandhi (गन्धि). See also (synonyms): visragandha, visragandhin.

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Visragandhi (विस्रगन्धि).—yellow orpiment.

Derivable forms: visragandhiḥ (विस्रगन्धिः).

Visragandhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms visra and gandhi (गन्धि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Visragandhi (विस्रगन्धि).—m.

(-ndhiḥ) Yellow orpiment. E. visra the smell of raw meat, and gandhi smelling.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Visragandhi (विस्रगन्धि):—[=visra-gandhi] [from visra] mfn. smelling of raw meat, [Kādambarī]

2) [v.s. ...] n. orpiment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Visragandhi (विस्रगन्धि):—[visra-gandhi] (ndhiḥ) 2. m. Yellow orpiment.

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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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