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गन्ध gandh[S. गन्धं, or गन्धःby change of gender], s.f. Smell, odour, scent, perfume, fragrance; bad smell, stink, stench:—gandh-bel, s.f. Lemon-grass, Andropogon schœnanthus (see gandhel):—gandh-rāj, s.m. The Gardenia florida (‘indigenous in China, and cultivated throughout India on account of its large white fragrant flowers');—sandalwood;—any sweet-smelling flower:—gandhras, s.m. Myrrh; frankincense:—gandh-sār, s.m. Sandal-wood;—a species of jasmine (cf. gandh-rāj):—gandh-kāshṭh, s.m. A fragrant wood (as sandal, aloe-wood, etc.):—gandhmādan, s.m. Sulphur;—name of a mountain (prob. as being the source of sulphur);—a name of Rāvaṇ;—name of a certain monkey:—gandh-vah, s.m. 'The wafter of fragrance,' the wind; the zephyr;—adj. Fragrant.
Origin: Hindi