1. odor; smell; scent.
2. a fragrant substance; scent; perfume.

…(= aniṭṭha˚). -sugandha an agreeable smell Dhs.625; as adj. of pleasant smell Ja.iii.277;…

…with the supaṇṇas, gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four unhappy rebirths…

One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …

…alms.

Bhaddā⁴Suriyavaccasā

Daughter of the Gandhabba Timbarū and beloved of Pañcasikha.

A Gandhabba present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be…

…consisting, respectively, of Gandhabbas, Kumbhandas, Nāgas and Yakkhas, all of whom dwell in the same world as their lords and accompany them on…

…His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 He was present at the…

…follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta. In his retinue were Yamaka, Moggalla, Ugga, Nāvindakī, Gandhabba, and Aggivessa, all of whom were also followers…

An attendant of King Eḷeyya and a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. AN.ii.180

…is often stated that the Gandhabbas preside over conception; this is due to an erroneous translation of the word gandhabba in passages MN.i.157…

Gandhāra¹

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.69

Gandhāra²

One of the sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 One of the teeth of the Buddha was deposited in …

GandhāravijjāGandhārīvijjā

A charm whereby one could become invisible and multiform, pass through all obstacles, through earth and water, and touch the sun and moon. DN.i.213

…Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.197

The name is also…

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta…

KambojaKambojjaKambujaKambujjaKambojaka

One of the sixteen Great Nations which, with Gandhāra, belonged, not to the Majjhimadesa but, evidently, to the Uttarāpatha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv …

The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …

…Mātali is described as a Gandhabba chief, while in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the chief Yakkhas to be invoked…

A Gandhabba chieftain DN.ii.258 to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204

…Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned…

SikhaḍḍīSikhaṇḍī

A Gandhabba, son of Mātali; Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā was at first in love with him, but she was won later by Pañcasikha….

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth after one rainy season, then attaining the Dhamma. Thag.24

…her body was found near the Gandhakuti of the Buddha. Placing the body on a litter, they went about the streets of the city crying— “Behold the…

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her,…

The capital of Gandhāra. The Vinaya describes it as the place of education of Jīvaka, the Buddha’s doctor. Vin.i.269f.

Takkasilā is identified with the Greek Taxila, in Rawalpindi in the Punjab.

3 …

A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268

He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

The northern division of Jambudīpa. Its boundaries are nowhere explicitly stated in Pāḷi literature. Perhaps Uttarāpatha was originally the name of a great trade-route, the northern high road which e …

…Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progressive order, between manussā…

One of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.205

(-ikā)n. with no scent.

not free from corruption, tainted

1. one of a class of heavenly beings, noted specially as musicians.
2. an expression for that impulse or entity which takes (re) conception.

wooden instrument for rubbing the body with powder while bathing.

belonging to the assembly of the gandhabbas.

female gandhabba.

perfume from fragrant plants (?); a totally fragrant plant (?)

fragrant with scent.

fragrant with scent.

an object of sense that is odor.

fragrant or perfumed ointment.

the name of a magic spell.

the constituent element that is odor.

free from corruption, free from taint

an enemy who is an “uppalagandha” robber (?)

the smell of raw flesh, carrion; stench, foulness; (fig.) moral foulness, corruption

…contacts rūpa-, sadda-, gandha-, rasa-, photthabba-, dhamma-tanhā M. 9; D. 15

Corresponding to the 3-fold existence, there are 3 kinds:…

…of humours, cp. Vin.ii.119 & Mil.134) Ja.i.17 (Ja.v.88 pītiyā); Mil.112 (duggandha˚).

pp. of abhisandati = abhi + syand, cp. Sk. abhisanna

…= Vv-a.237 agalugandha); Vv-a.158 (+ candana). Cp. also Avs.i.24 and akalu.

cp. Sk. aguru,…

…(as n.); Pv.iv.3#6 (gandha, of Petas)
■ f. ˚ī Dhp.373 (rati = dibbā rati Dhp-a.iv.110); Pv.iii.7#9 (ratti, love).

Vedic…

to smell, snuff, sniff up Mil.343 (gandhaṃ).

anu + ghāyati¹

…-gandha not smelling or having a bad smell Mil.252 (opp. sugandha).

• -ṭṭha “standing in little” i.e….

…Pv.ii.1#20; Pv.iii.2#26.

a + paṭi + gandha + ika

…Pv.ii.1#20; Pv.iii.2#26.

a + paṭi + gandha + ika

…Mil.117; with supaṇṇā, gandhabbā, yakkhā at DN-a.i.51. The fight between Gods & Titans is also reflected in the oldest books of the Pāli…

…to Dhpāla) only in the Gandhamādana grove of the Devaloka Vv.35#5; Vv-a.162.

fr. bhuj, as in bhuñjati²; or does it belong to…

…neither a god (deva) nor a Gandharva, nor a Yakṣa nor a man. The word Buddha is an appellative, not a proper name (na mātarā kataṃ etc.,…

…kinds Ja.i.265, Ja.v.79; (gandha) These 4 ingredients of perfume are saffron, jasmine Turkish (tarukkha) & Greek incense (yavana); -jātiya (&…

…too white). Six thousand Gandhabbas Ja.ii.334.

• -aṃsa six-cornered Dhs.617.
• -aṅga the set of…

…too white). Six thousand Gandhabbas Ja.ii.334.

• -aṃsa six-cornered Dhs.617.
• -aṅga the set of…

…Ja.ii.404
■ gandha -cuṇṇa aromatic (bath) powder Ja.i.87, Ja.i.290; Ja.iii.276; candana˚; id. Mil.13,…

…Sujampati); Dhp.105 (+ gandhabba, Māra, Brahmā) AN.ii.91, AN.ii.92 (puggalo devo hoti devaparivāro etc.); Pv-a.16 (yakkho vā devo vā) …

…yakkhā, asurā gandhabbā); 5 higher gods (: inhabitants of the devaloka proper) Mahārājā, Canda, Suriya, Inda, Brahmā) to which…

adjective

1. to be given (see below)
2. deserving a gift, worthy of receiving alms Ja.iii.12 (a˚); Mil.87 (rāja˚) -nt. a gift offering Vin.i.298 (saddhā˚).

• -dhamma a gift, …

…as variant reading to kula-gandhana (q.v.) at Iti.64, and in dhaṃsanatā at Dhp-a.iii.353 in explⁿ of dhaṃsin (q.v.).

Sk….

…Vv-a.173 (for dhūpa, in gandhapuppha˚); Pv-a.230 (micchā-vitakka in expl. of vidhūma).

• -andha blind with smoke…

…Ja.vi.42; Pv-a.141 (gandhap̄uppha˚) dh˚ṃ dadāti to incense (a room) Ja.i.399. Sometimes misspelt dhūma, e.g….

…kara; (g)ga, gata, gati, gandha, gahīta (a)caja, carita, cola; (j)jaha, jāna, jivha, jīvita; (t)tappaya, tara; (d)dama, dasika; (n)naya,…

…kusuma˚ Ja.iii.394 gandha˚ Ja.i.178; Vv-a.173, Vv-a.198; puppha˚ Ja.i.397; Vv-a.198; mālā˚ Ja.ii.104; rajata˚ Ja.i.50;…

…pāna vattha yāna mālā gandha-vilepana seyyāvasatha padīpeyya (bread water, clothes, vehicle, garlands, scented ointment conveniences for…

…Vv-a.36, Vv-a.137. 2. a Gandharva or heavenly musician, as a class (see ˚*kāyika*) belonging to the demigods who inhabit…

music, song Ja.ii.254; Vv-a.139; Mil.3; ˚ṃ karoti to make music Ja.ii.249; Ja.iii.188.

see gandhina.

…(su˚); Pv.ii.1#10 (= surabhigandha); Pv.ii.12#1 (sogandhiya); Vv-a.58 (read gandhikāgandhikehi). 2. dealing in perfume, a perfumer Mil.262 (cp….

in kule antimagandhina Ja.iv.34 (expl. by sabbapacchimaka) and gandhana in kula-gandhana Iti.64 see under *kula*˚.

adjective belonging to the Gandhāra country (Kandahar) f. gandhārī in gandhārī vijjā Name of a magical charm DN.i.213; at Ja.iv.498 it renders one invisible.

…Ne.54, Ne.114, Ne.124 (gandha); Sdhp.616
■ chinna˚ (adj.) one who has cut the ties (of bad desires, binding him to the body)…

…gatiṃ na jānanti devā gandhabba-mānusā Dhp.420 = Snp.644; yesaṃ gati n’ atthi Snp.499; and Nibbāna coincides with release from the…

…(either in phrase ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyati: to smell an odour by means of the nose; or in ghana-viññeyyā gandhā odours which are sensed by…

…or ghāyitvā Ja.i.210 (jālagandhaṃ); Ja.iii.52 (macchagandhaṃ); Mil.347. Cp. sāyati & upagghāyati.

Sk. ghrāti & jighrati, to; ghrā, cp….

…contact with an object, gandha˚ smell-contact, i.e. sensation) indriya˚ Sdhp.365 2. ethically: ariyānaṃ gocare ratā “finding…

inhabited country, the country (opp. town or market-place), the continent politically: a province, district, county DN.i.136 (opp nigama); DN.ii.349; AN.i.160, AN.i.178; Snp.422, Snp.683, Snp.995, Sn …

…a kind of perfume (see gandha) Often untranslatable: lābhappatto jāto Ja.iii.126 vināsa-ppaccayo jāto Ja.i.256. 4. a…

…of (cp. jāta 3) catujātigandha four kinds of scent Ja.i.265; Ja.ii.291. 4. (jāti˚) by (mere) birth or nature, natural (opp artificial); or…

…5 and attributes: asuci, duggandha, etc.) AN.iii.269; sāvajjakammāni (as deserving Niraya) (opp. avajja → sagga AN.ii.237; kammāni…

…decoction Vin.i.205;

• -gandha having a pungent smell Vin.i.277;
• -rasa having an astringent taste…

…decoction Vin.i.205;

• -gandha having a pungent smell Vin.i.277;
• -rasa having an astringent taste…

…as katara-geha Ja.iii.9; ˚gandhaṃ Ja.vi.336; ˚divasaṃ Ja.ii.251; ˚nagarato (from what city) Dhp-a.i.390; ˚nāma (kataraṃnāma, adj.)…

…earth) at SN.iii.131 (-gandha) AN.i.209
■ Used as a caustic Pv.iii.10#2; Sdhp.281. See also chārikā.

• -āpatacchika a means of…

…(= Vv-a.147).

• -gandha the smell of milk Ja.vi.357.
• -ghaṭa a pot of milk Mil.48;
• -paka…

…a crate, crating tassa gandhabbaṃ kilañjā-kaṇḍūvanaṃ viya hutvā… Ja.ii.249; “his music was like the scraping of a mat”…

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

…Vin.ii.268; Vin.iv.66; -gandhana at Iti.64 and kule gandhina at Ja.iv.34 occur in the same sense and context as kulangāra…

…go˚, mahiṃsa˚ manussa˚, ahi˚, kukkura˚. Cp. kaḷebara-gandha smell of a rotting corpse Snp-a.286;…

…tent). See also kappiya˚, gandha˚, paṇṇa˚ vacca˚.

• -kāra the making of a hut, in ˚sikkhāpada, a rule regarding…

…Dhs trsl. p. 304;

• -gandha spelling for ˚gantha at Ne.115 Ne.119;
• -gutta one who guards his body,…

…Snp-a.86. 2. (of devas) belonging to the company of: ˚ DN.i.220; gandhabba Pv-a.119. Kayura & Kayura;

fr. kāya

…with the smelling of smells (gandha); 4 jivhā (tongue), with the tasting of tastes (rasa); 5 kāya (touch),…

…with the smelling of smells (gandha); 4 jivhā (tongue), with the tasting of tastes (rasa); 5 kāya (touch),…

…Mhvs.80 (sīsa˚); Yugandhara˚ Mil.6; Dhp-a.ii.3 (uddhana˚).

• -āsin sitting on top (of the mountain) Ja.vi.497 (= pabbata-matthake…

…= SN.i.137; Ja.iv.265 (Yugandhara˚); Pv.ii.9#61 (Naga˚ = Sineru˚ Pv-a.138) Vism.304 (vammika˚ on top of an ant-hill)
■ Freq in phrase…

…(in simile); Pv.ii.3#16 (gandha, m., vilepana as a “lady’s” toilet outfit); Pv.ii.4#9 (as one of the 8 or 10 standard gifts to a bhikkhu:…

…āma, cp….

…Meru Ja.i.25; Ja.iv.498; Yugandhara Pv-a.137; Rajata Ja.i.50; Vipula Ja.vi.518; Sineru SN.ii.139; Ja.i.48 passim; Suvaṇṇa Ja.i.50; Ja.vi.514…

…-gandha with gone down (i.e. deteriorated) smell, ill-smelling, or having lost its smell Ja.v.198 (= thokaṃ…

…(˚nipacca), Pv-a.15 (˚duggandha), Pv-a.46
■ At the end of a cpd. (-˚) “at the outmost, at the highest, at most; as a minimum at…

…AN.v.203; Mil.229.

• -gandha odour of leaves Dhs.625.
• -nāḷī rib of a feather Dhp-a.i.394. *…

…to yield a scent Thag.528 (= gandhaṃ vissajjati C.). See pavāti.

pa + vā

Pavati²

to hurry…

…Ja.i.192; Ja.ii.104 (gandha ˚ṃ deti), Ja.ii.256 (gandhaā applied to a cetiya); Ja.iii.23, Ja.iii.160 (lohita˚); Vv.33#18 (gandha˚ṃ…

…As Np. of an angel (Gandhabba) “Drum” at Vv.18#9. 3. a species of waterbird (crane): see cpd. ˚sataka.

• -ṭṭha standing in…

…Ja.iv.117; Kp-a.26.

• -gandha odour of flowers Dhp.54; Dhs.625.
• -cumbaṭaka a fl cushion. *…

…junket Vism.343.

• -gandha bad smell, ill-smelling Pv.i.3#1 (= kuṇapa˚ Pv-a.15); Ja.v.72. *…

…(id.); Pv-a.77 (su-r-abhigandha). In the latter cause the r has no historical origin, as little as in the phrase dhir atthu (for…

…DN-a.i.36 (avaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.63 (bhoga˚), Pv-a.67 (ācāra˚), Pv-a.77 (gandha˚). Note. samantarahita is to be divided as…

…upon gandha. It is stated that one tastes (or “senses”) taste with the tongue (no reference to palate) *jivhāya…

…sota → sadda, ghāna → gandha jivhā → rasa, kāya → phoṭṭhabba, mano → dhamma), cp. cakkhu-viññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā…

adjective fragment Dhp.52.

sa³ + gandha + ka

odour, fragrance; ekagandha˚, filled with fragrance Ja.vi.9.

fr. saṃ + mud

…flowing Dhp.339; Ja.iv.288; Ja.v.257; savana-gandha of the body, having a tainted odour Thig.466.

fr. savati

…perceptions of rūpa, sadda, gandha, rasa, phoṭṭhabba, and dhamma DN.ii.309; SN.iii.60; the sevenfold perception, anicca-anatta-, asubha-,…

…amusements (8) mālā-gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūsanaṭṭhānā˚; to use neither unguents nor ornaments; (9…

…SN.i.152; Snp.p.126.

Sk. saugandhika; fr. sugandha

…-gandha fragrant Ja.ii.20; pleasant odour Dhs.625. -gandhi = sugandha Ja.100. -gandhika…

…are pure Dhp.24.

• -gandha having a sweet perfume Dhp.58; Dhp-a.i.445.
• -gavesin longing for…

…essential SN.iv.250.

• -gandha the odour of the heart of a tree Dhs.625.
• -gabbha a treasury…

…Mil.243; Dhp-a.iii.417. -gandha the fragrance of good works Dhp.55; Vism.58. -caraṇa moral life…

…Kp-a.45; Sdhp.102.

• -gandha the scent of bark Dhs.625;
• -pañcaka-kammaṭṭhāna the fivefold “body is skin,”…

the shrub Tabernaemontana coronaria, and a fragrant powder or perfume obtained from it, incense Vin.i.203; Iti.68 (= Udānavarga p. 112, No. 8); Dhp.54 Dhp.55, Dhp.56 (candana +); Ja.iv.286; Ja.vi.100 …

…for the 3 seasons (-gandha-sālibhattaṃ bhuñjantā) Dhp-a.ii.9; Ja.i.66 (id.); -vidha 3 fold, of sacrifice…

…guest), to shampoo Ja.i.87 (gandhacuṇṇena), Ja.i.238 (id.); Ja.v.89, Ja.v.438.

Caus. of ud + vṛt, as doublet of ubbatteti, cp. BSk….

adjective (upa + vāsita] perfumed Pv-a.164 (for gandha-samerita).

…DN.ii.19; Vin.iii.33 (˚gandha); Ja.ii.443; Dhp.55; Vv.32#2; Vv.35#4 ; Pv.ii.1#20; Pv.iii.10#5; Dhp-a.i.384 (nīl˚); Dhp-a.iii.394 (id.);…

adjective one who throws away or does away with; destroying, clearing away Mil.344 (kilesa-mala-duggandha˚).

fr. vidhamati

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

…explains as “visama, vissagandha”; and at Iti.32 (vissantaraṃ “among all beings”? variant reading vessantaraṃ).

Vedic viśva, to…

…and gandhabba at AN.ii.38; they are mentioned with devas rakkhasas, dānavas, gandhabbas, kinnaras and mah’oragas at…

…sense-objects rūpa, sadda, gandha, rasa, phoṭṭhabba The same 10 are found at Pv.ii.9^{58, 59}); AN.i.15; AN.ii.32 AN.ii.66, AN.ii.188;…

…sense-objects rūpa, sadda, gandha, rasa, phoṭṭhabba The same 10 are found at Pv.ii.9^{58, 59}); AN.i.15; AN.ii.32 AN.ii.66, AN.ii.188;…

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

…Snp.241, Snp.242 (= vissagandha kuṇapagandha Snp-a.286), Snp.248, Snp.251; Dhs.625; and -giddha greedy after flesh (used as bait)…

…charnelgrove (cp. āmagandha under ama²), i.e. fetid smelling cremation ground Ja.i.264, Ja.i.489 Ja.iv.45 sq.; Ja.vi.10;…

…sound, 3 gandha odour, 4. rasa taste, 5. phoṭṭhabba tangible…

salt-ground; saline substance, always comb^d. with khāra SN.iii.131 (˚gandha); AN.i.209.

Sk. ūṣa