गन्धार

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

गन्धार • (gandhāra) stem, m

  1. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गन्धार (gandhāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गन्धारः
gandhāraḥ 		गन्धारौ / गन्धारा¹
gandhārau / gandhārā¹ 		गन्धाराः / गन्धारासः¹
gandhārāḥ / gandhārāsaḥ¹
Vocative गन्धार
gandhāra 		गन्धारौ / गन्धारा¹
gandhārau / gandhārā¹ 		गन्धाराः / गन्धारासः¹
gandhārāḥ / gandhārāsaḥ¹
Accusative गन्धारम्
gandhāram 		गन्धारौ / गन्धारा¹
gandhārau / gandhārā¹ 		गन्धारान्
gandhārān
Instrumental गन्धारेण
gandhāreṇa 		गन्धाराभ्याम्
gandhārābhyām 		गन्धारैः / गन्धारेभिः¹
gandhāraiḥ / gandhārebhiḥ¹
Dative गन्धाराय
gandhārāya 		गन्धाराभ्याम्
gandhārābhyām 		गन्धारेभ्यः
gandhārebhyaḥ
Ablative गन्धारात्
gandhārāt 		गन्धाराभ्याम्
gandhārābhyām 		गन्धारेभ्यः
gandhārebhyaḥ
Genitive गन्धारस्य
gandhārasya 		गन्धारयोः
gandhārayoḥ 		गन्धाराणाम्
gandhārāṇām
Locative गन्धारे
gandhāre 		गन्धारयोः
gandhārayoḥ 		गन्धारेषु
gandhāreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “गन्धार”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “3.2.6 (*)Gandāra- (G-d-a-r-)”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 93: “93”
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