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Hindi
Pronunciation
Noun
गलगण्ड • (galgaṇḍ) m
- alternative spelling of गलगंड (galgaṇḍ)
Declension
Declension of गलगण्ड (masc cons-stem)
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गलगण्ड
galgaṇḍ
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गलगण्ड
galgaṇḍ
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गलगण्ड
galgaṇḍ
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गलगण्डों
galgaṇḍõ
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गलगण्ड
galgaṇḍ
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गलगण्डो
galgaṇḍo
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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Tatpuruṣa compound of गल (gala, “throat”) + गण्ड (gaṇḍa, “goitre”).
Pronunciation
Noun
गलगण्ड • (galagaṇḍa) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)
- (pathology) goitre
c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE,
Caraka,
Caraka Saṃhitā 1.18.21:
- यस्य श्लेष्मा प्रकुपितो गलबाह्येऽवतिष्ठते ।
शनैः संजनयेच्छोफं गलगण्डोऽस्य जायते ॥- yasya śleṣmā prakupito galabāhyeʼvatiṣṭhate.
śanaiḥ saṃjanayecchophaṃ galagaṇḍoʼsya jāyate. - When the provoked phlegm in the body gets localised outside the throat, it produces chronic swelling there and causes goitre.
c. 600 BCE – 600 CE,
Suśruta,
Suśruta Saṃhitā 2.11.29:
- निबद्धः श्वयथुर्यस्य मुष्कवल्लम्बते गले ।
महान् वा यदि वा ह्रस्वो गलगण्डं तमादिशेत् ॥- nibaddhaḥ śvayathuryasya muṣkavallambate gale.
mahān vā yadi vā hrasvo galagaṇḍaṃ tamādiśet. - A pendant swelling, whether large or small, occurring in the throat region and resembling the scrotum in shape is called goitre.
Declension
Further reading
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गलगण्डः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 653
- Monier Williams (1899) “गलगण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350, column 3.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “galagaṇḍa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.