āmagandha (2821)

āmagandha
Entry 2821, Page 99, Col. 2

(AmaganDa, AmaganDa)
āmagandha¦, m. (see also nir-āma°; = Pali id.; defined DN comm. ii.665.10 by vissa-gandha, and cf. 665.35--666.1 sāmagandhā [so read with v.l.] glossed by sa-kuṇapagandhā pūtigandhā), the odor of carrion; (more loosely) stench, evil odor: literally, SP 96.16 (vs) (kāye…) kuṣṭhaṃ kilāsaṃ tatha āmagandhaḥ; Mv i.75.14 (after 13 vividhagandhapuṣpāś ca upavāyantu sarvataḥ) mānuṣā- [Page100-a+ 71] ṇām āmagandhāś (Senart em. °dhā) ca śīghram antara- hāpaya (5 mss. °hāpanā or °ṇā); fig. of the stench of im- morality, opp. of the odor of sanctity, Mv iii.214.3 ke āmagandhā manujeṣu brahma, and 11 (after a list of vices) te āmagandhā manujeṣu brahma (corresp. to Pali DN ii.242.15 and 243.5). This is the basis of the usually fig. meaning of nirāmagandha.