gaṇḍa (5605)

gaṇḍa
Entry 5605, Page 208, Col. 1

(gaRqa, gaRqa)
gaṇḍa¦, m. (nt. ? cf. also gaṇḍikā and gaṇḍaka), (1) stalk of a plant (in this sense, somewhat doubtfully, in Pali, see PTSD): ikṣu-gaṇḍā, acc. pl., Mv i.21.9; nā- ḍāṅkura-gaṇḍa- Laṅk 18.4; aṅkura-gaṇḍa-pattra- Bbh 99.24; esp. as possessing medicinal properties, gaṇḍa- bhaiṣajyam Mvy 5839; mūla-bhaiṣajyaṃ gaṇḍa-bhai° Bhīk 23b.1; mūla-gaṇḍa-pattra-puṣpa-phala-bhaiṣajya Divy 100.16; 109.25; 347.6; 486.16 (om. puṣpa); Av ii.133.12; bhaiṣajya-vṛkṣasya mūlato vā…gaṇḍataḥ śākhātaḥ tvaktaḥ…Śikṣ 21.17; (2) piece, part, portion (cf. gaṇḍa Kathās. 94.66 ‘fehlerhaft für khaṇḍa’, pw, but?): madhyamako gaṇḍaḥ MSV ii.104.19; gaṇḍa-gaṇḍaṃ, adv., in pieces, Divy 155.13 (see s.v. gaṇḍaka, 3); kati-gaṇḍā, of how many parts ? (sāvitrī) Divy 638.2, sāvitrī tri-gaṇḍā 3; pañca-gaṇḍa-gati-cakra, Gv 484.9 (vs), the wheel of the five-partite (five-fold) states of existence, = saṃsāra-cakra, see s.v. (pañca-) gaṇḍaka 1; (3) rhinoceros (so Skt. Lex.; also gaṇḍaka 2, q.v.): Mvy 4793 = Tib. bse.

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