गन्धमादन

{ gandhamādana }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

A mountain famed in the Purāṇas and lying to the east of the Himālayas. [Bhāgavata, Pañcama Skandha] . The purānic importance of the mountain may be summarised as follows:--
(1) Kaśyapaprajāpati did tapas at this mountain. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 10] .
(2) Ananta (Ādiśeṣa) had once done tapas here. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 36, Verse 3] .
(3) Once Pāṇḍu went to the Śataśṛṅga mountain along with his wives Kuntī and Mādrī for doing tapas, and on that occasion they visited Gandhamādana also. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 118, Verse 48] .
(4) This mountain assumes the form of a divine person. attends Kubera's assembly and worships him. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10, Verse 32] .
(5) Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the company of Nārāyaṇarṣi spent 10,000 years on this mountain as an anchorite. [Vana Parva, Chapter 12, Verse 11] .
(6) Arjuna on his way to Mount Kailāsa to do tapas crossed the Gandhamādana mountain. [Vana Parva, Chapter 37, Verse 41] .
(7) Only those who possess power got by tapas will be able to climb this mountain. [Vana Parva, Chapter 140, Verse 22] .
(8) There is the Badari tree and under it there is an āśrama of Naranārāyaṇas on the heights of this mountain, and Yakṣas stay there always. [Vana Parva, Chapter 141, Verse 22] .
(9) Once the Pāṇḍavas, with the aid of Ghaṭotkaca mounted this mountain. [Vana Parva, Chapter 145] .
(10) It was here, at this mountain that Bhīma killed Maṇimān, a friend of Kubera. [Vana Parva, Chapter 160, Verse 76] .
(11) Kubera, who was driven out of Laṅkā stayed at this mountain during the initial periods. [Vana Parva, Chapter 275, Verse 33] .
GANDHAMĀDANA I   A monkey, who had been helpful to Śrī Rāma, was the son of Kubera. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Canto 17, Verse 11] . This monkey usually stayed on Mount Gandhamādana. During the Rāma-Rāvaṇa war he led a contingent of monkeys. [Vana Parva, Chapter 283, Verse 5] .
GANDHAMĀDANA II   A Rākṣasa King, who stays in Kubera's assembly: [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  राम की सेना में एक सेनानायक   Ex. गन्धमादन बहुत बलशाली थे ।

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पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

गंधमादन

Wordnet:

ben গন্ধমাদন

guj ગંધમાદન

kas گنٛدمادن

kok गंधमादन

mar गंधमादन

ori ଗନ୍ଧମାଦନ

pan ਗੰਧਮਾਦਨ

urd گندھ مادن

noun  एक पौराणिक पर्वत   Ex. गन्धमादन का वर्णन रामायण में भी मिलता है ।

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक वस्तु (Mythological) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

गंधमादन

Wordnet:

kas گنٛدھمادَن

ori ଗନ୍ଧମାଦନ ପର୍ବତ

san गन्धमादनः

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गन्ध—मादन  m.  m. ‘intoxicating with fragrance’ = -मोदन, [L.]

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गन्ध मादन

‘delighting in fragrances’, a large black bee, [L.]
गन्ध-मदन    N. of a mountain (forming the division between इलावृत and भद्राश्व, to the east of मेरु, renowned for its fragrant forests), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (once , [Hcat. i, 6, 24])

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गन्ध मदन

N. of रावण, [MBh. ii, 410]
of a monkey (attendant of राम), [MBh. iii, 16273]; [R. i, 16, 13]
iv; v, 73, 26
vi
गन्ध—मादन  n.  n. the forest on the mountain गन्ध-मादन, [L.]

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गन्ध मादन

Shabda-Sagara

गन्धमादन  mn.  ( -नः-नं) The name of a particular mountain, forming the division between Ilavritta and Bhadraswa or to the east of Mern. m. ( -नः)
1. A large black bee.
2. Sulphur.
3. The name of one of the monkey chiefs.
 f.  ( -नी) Spiri tuous liquor; also in some books read गन्धमादिनी.
E. गन्ध smell, मद् to inebriate in the causal form and ल्युट् aff.

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गन्ध मद् ल्युट्