gaRqa · masculine · gaṇḍa 1
boil
Gaṇḍa [a variation of gaṇṭha (-i), in both meanings of (1) swelling, knot, protuberance, and (2) the interstice between two knots or the whole of the knotty object, i.e. stem, stalk] 1. a swelling, especially as a disease, an abscess, a boil. Frequently in similes with reference to kāma and {216} kāya. Mentioned with similar cutaneous diseases under kilāsa (q.v. for passages). As especially of kāya S IV 83 = A IV 386, of kāmā A III 310, IV 289; Nidd II on Snp 51; also Thig 491 (= kilesāsuci-paggharaṇata Thig-a 288); S IV 64 (= ejā); Snp 51, 61 (v.l. for gaḷa); Ja I 293; Vism 360 (°pilakā); Dhp-a III 297 (gaṇḍāgaṇḍajāta, covered with all kinds of boils); IV 175; Pv-a 55. Cf. Avś II 1681. 2. a stalk, a shaft, in name of a plant °°tindu-rukkha Ja V 99, and in derivatives gaṇḍikā and gaṇḍī, cf. also Avś II 133 12 . 3. = gaṇḍuppāda in compound gaṇḍa-mattikā clay mixed with earth-worms Vin II 151 (cf. Sp 1219 gaṇḍuppādagūtha-mattikā clay mixed with excrement of earthworms Vinaya Texts III 172). -uppāda (literally producing upheavals, cf. a mole) an earth-worm, classed as a very low creature with kīṭā and puḷavā at M III 168; Ja V 210 (°pāṇa); Dhp-a III 361 (°yoni); Pj II 317.
gaṇḍa , m. ( nt. ? cf. also gaṇḍikā and gaṇḍaka ), ( 1 ) stalk of a plant (in this sense, somewhat doubtfully, in Pali , see PTSD ): ikṣu-gaṇḍā, acc. pl. , Mv i.21.9 ; nāḍāṅkura-gaṇḍa- Laṅk 18.4 ; aṅkura-gaṇḍa-pattra- Bbh 99.24 ; esp. as possessing medicinal properties, gaṇḍabhaiṣajyam Mvy 5839 ; mūla-bhaiṣajyaṃ gaṇḍa-bhai° Bhīk 23b.1 ; mūla-gaṇḍa-pattra-puṣpa-phala-bhaiṣajya Divy 100.16 ; 109.25 ; 347.6 ; 486.16 ( om. puṣpa); Av ii.133.12 ; bhaiṣajya-vṛkṣasya mūlato vā … gaṇḍataḥ śākhātaḥ tvaktaḥ … Śikṣ 21.17 ; ( 2 ) piece, part, portion ( cf. gaṇḍa Kathās. 94.66 ‘ fehlerhaft für khaṇḍa’, pw , but?): madhyamako gaṇḍaḥ MSV ii.104.19 ; gaṇḍa-gaṇḍaṃ, adv. , in pieces , Divy 155.13 (see s.v. gaṇḍaka , 3); kati-gaṇḍā, of how many parts? (sāvitrī) Divy 638.2 , sāvitrī tri-gaṇḍā 3; pañca-gaṇḍa-gati-cakra, Gv 484.9 ( vs ), the wheel of the five-partite (five-fold) states of existence , = saṃsāra-cakra, see s.v. (pañca-) gaṇḍaka 1; ( 3 ) rhinoceros (so Skt. Lex. ; also gaṇḍaka 2, q.v. ): Mvy 4793 = Tib. bse .
a swelling; a lump; a boil; boils
(masc, masc) boil; abscess boil [lit.] swelling
(masc, masc) swelling; bulge; bump; protuberance swelling, protuberance
(masc, masc) cheek