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गान्धार

गन्धार देश का

of the gandhara country

Monier–Williams

गान्धार — {gāndhāra} mfn. fr. {gandh} g. {kacchâdi} and {sindhv-ādi}##({gāndh}), m. (cf. Pāṇ. 4-1, 169) a prince of the Gāndhāris viii, 1, 4, 10 vii, 34 8395 ({-kanyā})##N. of a prince (from whom the Gāndhāras derive their origin), 1839 ix, 23, 14##the third of the 7 primary notes of music iv, xii, xiv lxxxvi, 40##(also personified as a son of Rāga Bhairava)##minium or red lead##m. pl., N. of a people and of their country (north-east of Peshawar and giving its N. to Kandahar##Pāṇini is said to have been a Gāndhāra##cf. {gandh}, {gandhāri}, {gāndhāri}) iv, vii &c##n. gum myrrh##(= {gañjākinī}) the points of hemp##({ī}), f. (cf. Pāṇ. 4-1, 14 4 ) a princess of the Gāndhāris (esp. the wife of Dhṛita-rāshṭra) i, ix##N. of a Vidyā-devii iii, 14562##(fulfilling the commands of the twenty-first Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī )##(in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī##Alhagi Maurorum##a particular vein in the left eye 26##a kind of fly