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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
gandha	गन्ध	gandhá as, m. smell, odour (nine kinds are enumerated, viz. iṣṭa, aniṣṭa, madhura, kaṭu, nirhārin, saṃhata, snigdha, rūkṣa, viśada, [MBh. xii, 6848]; a tenth kind is called amla, [L.]), [RV. i, 162, 10]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [MBh.]; [BhP.])
		a fragrant substance, fragrance, scent, perfume (generally used in pl.; in comp. = ‘fragrant’, cf. -jala &c.), [Gobh.]; [Lāṭy.]; [PārGṛ.] &c.
		sulphur
		pounded sandal-wood, [Caurap.]
		a sectarial mark on the forehead (called so in the south of India), [RTL. p. 66]
		myrrh, [L.]
		Hyperanthera Moringa, [L.]
		(ifc.) the mere smell of anything, small quantity, little, [MBh. i, 989]; [Pāṇ. v, 4, 136]; [Pat.]; [Suśr. i, 13]
		connection, relationship, [L.]
		a neighbour, [L.]
		pride, arrogance, [Megh. 9] (for gardha?)
		Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10378]
		gandhá (am), n. smell, [DhyānabUp. 7] and [9]
		black aloe-wood, [L.]
gandhaga	गन्धग	gandha—ga mfn. taking a scent, smelling, [W.]
		redolent, [W.]
gandhaja	गन्धज	gandha—ja mf(A)n. consisting of fragrant substances, [AgP.]
gandhaka	गन्धक	mf(ikA)n. ifc. ‘having the smell of, scenting’, see aja-, avi-
		m. (g. sthūlādi, [Gaṇar. 182]) ‘perfumes’, see -peṣikā
		sulphur
		Hyperanthera Moringa, [L.]
gandhana	गन्धन	n. hurting, injury, [L.]
		pointing out or alluding to the faults of others, derision, [Hcar. iv]
		continued effort, perseverance, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 15] and [3, 32].
		n. the spreading or diffusion of odours, [Dhātup. xxiv, 42] ([Suśr. i, 21, 3])
		m. (= °dha-taṇḍula &c.) a kind of rice, [Car. i, 27, 10.]
gandhapa	गन्धप	gandha—pa m. pl. ‘inhaling the odour’, N. of a class of manes, [MBh. xiii, 1372.]
gandhajñā	गन्धज्ञा	gandha—jñā f. ‘knowing odours’, the nose, [L.]
gandharvā	गन्धर्वा	(ā), f. Durgā, [Hariv. ii, 120, 4] (v.l. gāndharvī)
gandharvī	गन्धर्वी	gandharvī́ (ī́), f. Gandharvī (daughter of Surabhi and mother of the race of horses, [MBh. i, 2631 f.]; [R. iii, 20, 28 f.]; [VāyuP.]), [RV. x, 11, 2]; [R.]
		night, [BhP. iv, 29, 21]
gandharva	गन्धर्व	gandharvá as, m. a Gandharva [though in later times the Gandharvas are regarded as a class, yet in [RV.] rarely more than one is mentioned; he is designated as the heavenly Gandharva (divyá g°, [RV. ix, 86, 36] and [x, 139, 5]), and is also called Viśvā-vasu ([RV. x, 85, 21] and [22]; [139, 4] and [5]) and Vāyu-keśa (in pl. [RV. iii, 38, 6]); his habitation is the sky, or the region of the air and the heavenly waters ([RV. i, 22, 14]; [viii, 77, 5]; [ix, 85, 12]; [86, 36]; [x, 10, 4]; [AV. ii, 2, 3]); his especial duty is to guard the heavenly Soma ([RV. ix, 83, 4] and [85, 12]), which the gods obtain through his intervention ([RV.]; [AV. vii, 73, 3]; cf. [RV. i, 22, 14]); it is obtained for the human race by Indra, who conquers the Gandharva and takes it by force ([RV. viii, 1, 11] and [77, 5]); the heavenly Gandharva is supposed to be a good physician, because the Soma is considered as the best medicine; possibly, however, the word Soma originally denoted not the beverage so called, but the moon, and the heavenly Gandharva may have been the genius or tutelary deity of the moon; in one passage ([RV. ix, 86, 36]) the heavenly Gandharva and the Soma are identified; he is also regarded as one of the genii who regulate the course of the Sun's horses ([i, 163, 2]; [x, 177, 2]; cf. [135, 5]); he knows and makes known the secrets of heaven and divine truths generally ([x, 139, 5] and [6]; [AV. ii, 1, 2]; [xx, 128, 3]; [VS. xi, 1]; [xxxii, 9]); he is the parent of the first pair of human beings, Yama and Yamī ([RV. x, 10, 4]), and has a peculiar mystical power over women and a right to possess them ([RV. x, 85, 21] and [22]; [40] and [41]); for this reason he is invoked in marriage ceremonies ([AV. xiv, 2, 35] and [36]); ecstatic states of mind and possession by evil spirits are supposed to be derived from the heavenly Gandharva (cf. -gṛhīta, -graha); the Gandharvas as a class have the same characteristic features as the one Gandharva; they live in the sky ([RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. xiv]), guard the Soma ([RV. ix, 113, 3]; [ŚBr. iii]; [AitBr. i, 27]), are governed by Varuṇa (just as the Apsarasas are governed by Soma), [ŚBr. xiii]; [ĀśvŚr. x, 7, 3], know the best medicines ([AV. viii, 7, 23]; [VS. xii, 98]), regulate the course of the asterisms ([AV. xiii, 1, 23]; [BhP. iv, 29, 21]; hence twenty-seven are mentioned, [VS. ix, 7]), follow after women and are desirous of intercourse with them ([AV.]; [ŚBr. iii]); as soon as a girl becomes marriageable, she belongs to Soma, the Gandharvas, and Agni ([Gṛhyās. ii, 19 f.]; [Pañcat.]; [Suśr.]); the wives of the Gandharvas are the Apsarasas (cf. gandharvāpsarás), and like them the Gandharvas are invoked in gambling with dice ([AV. vii, 109, 5]); they are also feared as evil beings together with the Rākṣasas, Kimīdins, Piśācas, &c., amulets being worn as a protection against them ([AV.]; [Suśr.]); they are said to have revealed the Vedas to Vāc ([ŚBr. iii]; cf. [PārGṛ. ii, 12, 2]), and are called the preceptors of the Ṛṣis ([ŚBr. xi]); Purūravas is called among them ([ib.]); in epic poetry the Gandharvas are the celestial musicians or heavenly singers (cf. [RV. x, 177, 2]) who form the orchestra at the banquets of the gods, and they belong together with the Apsarasas to Indra's heaven, sharing also in his battles ([Yājñ. i, 71]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.; cf. [RTL. p. 238]); in the more systematic mythology the Gandharvas constitute one of the classes into which the higher creation is divided (i.e. gods, manes, Gandharvas, [AV. xi, 5, 2]; or gods, Asuras, Gandharvas, men, [TS. vii, 8, 25, 2]; cf. [ŚBr. x]; or gods, men, Gandharvas, Apsarasas, Sarpas, and manes, [AitBr. iii, 31, 5]; for other enumerations cf. [Nir. iii, 8]; [Mn. i, 37] [[RTL. p. 237]] & [iii, 196]; [vii, 23]; [xii, 47]; [Nal.] &c.); divine and human Gandharvas are distinguished ([TUp. ii, 8]; the divine or Deva-Gandharvas are enumerated, [MBh. i, 2550 ff.] and [4810 ff.]); another passage names 11 classes of Gandharvas ([TĀr. i, 9, 3]); the chief or leader of the Gandharvas is named Citra-ratha ([Bhag. x, 26]); they are called the creatures of Prajāpati ([Mn. i, 37]) or of Brahmā ([Hariv. 11793]) or of Kaśyapa ([11850]) or of the Munis ([MBh. i, 2550]; [Hariv. 11553]) or of Prādhā ([MBh. i, 2556]) or of Ariṣṭā ([Hariv. 234]; [VP. i, 21]) or of Vāc ([PadmaP.]); with Jainas the Gandharvas constitute one of the eight classes of the Vyantaras]
		N. of the attendant of the 17th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
		a singer, [VarBṛS. lxxxvii, 33]; [BhP. i, 11, 21]
		the Koïl or black cuckoo, [L.]
		a sage, pious man, [Mahīdh.] on [VS. xxxii, 9]
		a horse, [MBh. iii, 11762]
		cf. [ii, 1043]
		the musk deer (derived fr. gandha), [L.]
		the soul after death and previous to its being born again (corresponding in some respects to the western notion of a ghost), [L.]
		N. of the 14th Kalpa or period of the world, [VāyuP. i, 21, 30]
		of the 21st Muhūrta, [Sūryapr.]
		of a Svara or tone (for gāndhāra?), [Hariv. ii, 120, 4]
		gandharvá m. pl. the Gandharvas (see above)
		gandharvá m. N. of a people (named together with the Gāndhāras), [R. vii, 100, 10 f.] and [101, 2 ff.] and [11]; [VarBṛS. xiv, 31]
		[cf. Gk. κένταυρος fr. κενθαρϝο-ς.]
gandhavat	गन्धवत्	gandha—vat mfn. endowed with the quality of smell, [Tarkas.]
		(g. rasādi) endowed with fragrance, scented, odoriferous, [Gobh.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
gandhadhūli	गन्धधूलि	gandha—dhūli f. musk, [L.]
gandhakheḍa	गन्धखेड	gandha—kheḍa n. Andropogon Schoenanthus, [L.]
gandhaphalā	गन्धफला	gandha—phalā f. the plant Priyaṃgu, [L.]
		Trigonella foenum graecum, [L.]
		Batatas paniculata, [L.]
		the Olibanum tree, [L.]
gandhaphalī	गन्धफली	gandha—phalī f. the plant Priyaṃgu, [ŚārṅgP.]
		= -mohinī, [L.]
gandhaphala	गन्धफल	gandha—phala m. ‘having a fragrant fruit’, Feronia elephantum, [L.]
		Aegle Marmelos, [L.]
		the plant Tejaḥ-phala, [L.]
gandhaśāka	गन्धशाक	gandha—śāka n. a kind of vegetable, [L.]
gandhaśāli	गन्धशालि	gandha—śāli m. = -taṇḍula, [Daś. xi, 175.]
gandhaśaila	गन्धशैल	gandha—śaila m. = -mādana (N. of a mountain), [Gol.]
gandhaśaṭī	गन्धशटी	gandha—śaṭī f. = -palāśī, [L.]
gandhabījā	गन्धबीजा	gandha—bījā f. ‘having fragrant seeds’, Trigonella foenum graecum, [L.]
gandhadāru	गन्धदारु	gandha—dāru n. aloe-wood, [L.]
gandhadalā	गन्धदला	gandha—dalā f. ‘fragrant-leaved’, N. of a plant (aja-modā), [L.]
gandhagaja	गन्धगज	gandha—gaja m. ‘scent-elephant’, an elephant during rut, [Kād.]
gandhaguṇa	गन्धगुण	gandha—guṇa mfn. having the property of odour, [W.]
gandhajāta	गन्धजात	gandha—jāta n. the leaf of Laurus Cassia, [L.]
gandhajala	गन्धजल	gandha—jala n. fragrant water, [BhP. i, 11, 15.]
gandhakālī	गन्धकाली	gandha—kālī f. N. of the mother of the poet Vyāsa, [MBh. i, 3801]; [Hariv. 1088.]
gandhakārī	गन्धकारी	gandha—kārī f. a female servant whose business is to prepare perfumes, [ii, 142].
gandhakīya	गन्धकीय	mfn. relating to sulphur.
gandhakūṭī	गन्धकूटी	gandha—kūṭī f. (for -kuṭī?) the hall of fragrances, [Buddh.]
gandhakuṭī	गन्धकुटी	gandha—kuṭī f. a kind of perfume, [Bhpr.]
		gandha—kuṭī a chamber devoted to Buddha's use, [Inscr.] (cf. [MWB. 404, n. 2])
gandhalatā	गन्धलता	gandha—latā f. ‘fragrant creeper’, the plant Priyaṃgu, [Bhpr.]
gandhamāda	गन्धमाद	gandha—māda m. N. of a son of Śvaphalka, [BhP. ix, 24, 16]
		of a monkey (attendant of Rāma), [10, 19.]
gandhamātṛ	गन्धमातृ	gandha—mātṛ f. ‘mother of odour’, the earth (the quality of odour residing in earth, cf. [Mn. i, 78]), [L.]
gandhamūlā	गन्धमूला	gandha—mūlā f. the Olibanum tree, [L.]
		= -palāśī, [L.]
gandhamūlī	गन्धमूली	gandha—mūlī f. id., [L.]
gandhamūla	गन्धमूल	gandha—mūla m. ‘having a fragrant (and tuberous) root’, Alpinia Galanga, [L.]
gandhamūṣī	गन्धमूषी	gandha—mūṣī f. id., [L.]
gandhamaya	गन्धमय	gandha—maya mf(I)n. = -ja, [Hcat. i, 7, 60.]
gandhamṛga	गन्धमृग	gandha—mṛga m. = -mārjāra, [Bālar. iii, 28]
		the musk deer, [W.]
gandhamoca	गन्धमोच	gandha—moca v.l. for -mokṣa.
gandhanālī	गन्धनाली	gandha—nālī f. id., [L.]
gandhanāḍī	गन्धनाडी	gandha—nāḍī f. = -nālī, [Gal.]
gandhaniśā	गन्धनिशा	gandha—niśā f. a variety of Curcuma, [L.]
gandhapāna	गन्धपान	gandha—pāna n. a fragrant beverage, [MānGṛ.]
gandhapītā	गन्धपीता	gandha—pītā f. = -niśā, [L.]
gandharājī	गन्धराजी	gandha—rājī f. a kind of perfume (commonly Nakhī), [L.]
gandharāja	गन्धराज	gandha—rāja m. a kind of jasmine, [L.]
		a kind of bdellium, [L.]
		N. of an author of Prākṛt verses
		gandha—rāja n. sandal-wood, [L.]
		a kind of perfume, [L.]
		a kind of white flower, [L.]
gandharasa	गन्धरस	gandha—rasa (cf. rasa-gandha) in comp., odour and flavour, [MBh. v, 777]; [vi, 5786]
		perfumes and spices, [Gaut. vii, 9]
		gandha—rasa m. myrrh, [L.]
		Gardenia florida, [L.]
gandharatā	गन्धरता	gandha—ratā f. N. of a plant, [Gal.]
gandhasāra	गन्धसार	gandha—sāra m. sandal-wood, [L.]
		a kind of jasmine, [L.]
gandhasūyī	गन्धसूयी	gandha—sūyī f. id., [W.]
gandhasoma	गन्धसोम	gandha—soma n. the white esculent water-lily, [L.]
gandhasukhī	गन्धसुखी	gandha—sukhī f. = -śuṇḍinī, [W.]
gandhataila	गन्धतैल	gandha—taila n. a kind of oil prepared with fragrant substances, [MBh. vi, 4434]; [R. iv]; [Suśr. iv]
		sulphur-butter, [L.]
gandhatṛṇa	गन्धतृण	gandha—tṛṇa n. Andropogon Schoenanthus, [L.]
gandhatoya	गन्धतोय	gandha—toya n. fragrant water.
gandhatvac	गन्धत्वच्	gandha—tvac f. the fragrant bark of Feronia elephantum, [L.]
gandhavāhā	गन्धवाहा	gandha—vāhā f. the nose, [L.]
gandhavāha	गन्धवाह	gandha—vāha m. (= -vaha) the wind, [Gīt. i, 35]
		the musk deer, [L.]
gandhavadhū	गन्धवधू	gandha—vadhū f. = -palāśī, [L.]
		a kind of perfume, [L.]
gandhavahā	गन्धवहा	gandha—vahā f. the nose, [L.]
gandhavaha	गन्धवह	gandha—vaha mfn. bearing fragrances (said of wind), [Mn. i, 76]; [BhP. ii, 10, 20]
		gandha—vaha m. wind, [MBh. ii, 390]; [Śak. v, 4]; [Kum.] &c.
gandhavatī	गन्धवती	gandha—vatī f. = -mātri, [L.]
		a kind of jasmine, [L.]
		= °dhottamā, [L.]
		a kind of perfume, [L.]
		= -kālī, [MBh. i, 2411]
		N. of a city belonging to Vāyu, [SkandaP.]
		of a city belonging to Varuṇa, [L.]
		N. of a river, [Megh. 34.]
gandhayuti	गन्धयुति	gandha—yuti f. fragrant powder, [L.]
gandhabhāṇḍa	गन्धभाण्ड	gandha—bhāṇḍa for gardabhāṇḍa, q.v.
gandhabhadrā	गन्धभद्रा	gandha—bhadrā f. the creeper Gandha-bhādāliyā, [L.]
gandhadhārin	गन्धधारिन्	gandha—dhārin m. ‘possessing perfumes’, N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1159.]
gandhaghrāṇa	गन्धघ्राण	gandha—ghrāṇa n. the smelling of any odour, [W.]
gandhabandhu	गन्धबन्धु	gandha—bandhu m. the mango tree, [L.]
gandhadvāra	गन्धद्वार	gandha—dvārá mf(A/)n. perceptible through the odour, [TĀr. x.]
gandhadvipa	गन्धद्विप	gandha—dvipa m. = -gaja, [Vikr.]; [Ragh.]; [Kir.]
gandhakāṣṭha	गन्धकाष्ठ	gandha—kāṣṭha n. a fragrant wood (as sandal, aloe-wood, &c.), [L.]
		a species of sandal-wood, [L.]
gandhalipta	गन्धलिप्त	gandha—lipta mfn. anointed with perfumes, [ĀpGṛ.]
gandhalubdha	गन्धलुब्ध	gandha—lubdha mfn. desirous of odours (a bee), [Kām.]
gandhamāṃsī	गन्धमांसी	gandha—māṃsī f. a kind of Indian spikenard (Valeriana), [VarBṛS. li, 15] (metrically shortened °si).
gandhamālin	गन्धमालिन्	gandha—mālin m. ‘having fragrant garlands’, N. of a Nāga, [Kathās. lxxii, 33]
gandhamālya	गन्धमाल्य	gandha—mālya n. du. fragrances and garlands, [ChUp. viii, 2, 6]
		gandha—mālya n. pl. id., [Mn. iii, 209]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Ragh. ii, 1])
gandhamokṣa	गन्धमोक्ष	gandha—mokṣa m. (= -māda) N. of a son of Śvaphalka, [VP. iv, 14, 2.]
gandhamuṇḍa	गन्धमुण्ड	gandha—muṇḍa m. = -bhāṇḍa.
gandhanāman	गन्धनामन्	gandha—nāman m. a variety of Ocimum with red blossoms
		gandha—nāman f. (mnī) one of the minor diseases (kṣudra-roga), [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.]
gandhapālin	गन्धपालिन्	gandha—pālin m. ‘preserving perfumes’, Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1242.]
gandhaparṇa	गन्धपर्ण	gandha—parṇa m. ‘fragrant-leaved’, Alstonia scholaris, [L.]
gandhapuṣpā	गन्धपुष्पा	gandha—puṣpā f. the Indigo plant, [L.]
		Pandanus odoratissimus
		= gaṇikārī (Premna spinosa), [L.]
gandhapuṣpa	गन्धपुष्प	gandha—puṣpa n. a fragrant flower, [R. i, 73, 19]
		flowers and sandal (presented together at seasons of worship), [W.]
		gandha—puṣpa (as), m. Calamus Rotang, [L.]
		Alangium hexapetalum, [L.]
		Cordia Myxa
gandhatūrya	गन्धतूर्य	gandha—tūrya n. a musical instrument of a loud sound (used in battle as drum or trumpet), [L.]
gandhavaṇij	गन्धवणिज्	gandha—vaṇij m. a seller of perfumes, [Parāś.], Sch.
gandhavajrā	गन्धवज्रा	gandha—vajrā f. N. of a goddess, [Kālac.]
gandhavajrī	गन्धवज्री	gandha—vajrī f. N. of a goddess, [Kālac.]
gandhavallī	गन्धवल्ली	gandha—vallī f. id., [L.]
gandhayukti	गन्धयुक्ति	gandha—yukti f. the blending of fragrant substances, preparation of perfumes (one of the 64 Kalās See s.v. kalā)
		N. of [VarBṛS. lxxvii]
gandhadhūmaja	गन्धधूमज	gandha—dhūmaja m. a kind of perfume, [L.]
gandhakheḍaka	गन्धखेडक	gandha—kheḍaka n. = -tṛṇa, [L.]
gandhaśekhara	गन्धशेखर	gandha—śekhara m. musk, [L.]
gandhabahala	गन्धबहल	gandha—bahala m. a kind of Ocimum, [L.]
gandhabahulā	गन्धबहुला	gandha—bahulā f. the plant Gorakṣī, [L.]
gandhabahula	गन्धबहुल	gandha—bahula m. = -taṇḍula, [L.]
gandhacelikā	गन्धचेलिका	gandha—celikā f. musk, [L.] (v.l. gandha-kelikā)
		= -mārjāra, [L.]
gandhadravya	गन्धद्रव्य	gandha—dravya n. a fragrant substance, [L.]

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