gandhika, (1) (5659)

gandhika, (1)
Entry 5659, Page 210, Col. 1

(ganDika, ganDika)
gandhika, (1)¦ at end of Bhvr. cpds. (= Skt. gandhin; in Skt. only Lex., except pejoratively = having only the smell [semblance] of…), having the odor of…: Mv i.168.16 mukhaṃ cotpalagandhikaṃ, and his mouth is lotus- scented: Divy 120.2 (bhūmipradeśam…) niṣpūtigandhi- kam; in LV 293.5--6 (vs) prob. pejorative, as in Skt. (above), yasya guṇaiḥ satataṃ guṇagandhikā bhonti surāsuraya- kṣamahoragāḥ, by reason of whose virtues the gods… (etc.) are (or perhaps, with v.l. bhānti, appear) possessed of a mere semblance of virtue (in comparison); (2) m. (= Pali id., Skt. gāndhika), a perfumer, dealer in perfumes: Mv i.38.1; 44.5; iii.113.7; 442.13; in Divy mss. vary with gāndhika (see note on 348.23): ga° 351.2, 5; 647.3; 649.19.

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