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गन्धार

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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गन्धार (gandhāra) stemm

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

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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