masculine/feminine · gaṇṭhi 1 · gaṇṭhi 3
knot
Gaṇṭhi (masculine) [Vedic granthi, to grem to comprise, hold together, cf. Latin gremium, Sanskrit gaṇa and grāma, see also gantha] 1. a knot, a tie, a knot or joint in a stalk (of a plant) Ja I 172; Sv I 163; Dhp-a I 321 (°jātaṃ what has become knotty or hard); — diṭṭhi-gaṇṭhi the tangle of false doctrine Vv-a 297; anta-gaṇṭhābādha entanglement of intestines Vin I 275. 2. a (wooden) block Vin II 110 (of sandalwood). -ṭṭhāna (for gaṇṭhikaṭṭhāna?) the place of the block (i.e. of execution) Ja III 538; (reads gaṇṭhi-gaṇṭi-ṭṭhāna); Vism 248. — bhedaka, in °cora "the thief who is a purse-cutter" Dhp-a II 30.
a knot; a tangle; a bunch; a knot tied in a garment (for keeping money)
(fem, fem, from gantheti) tie; knot knot, tie Construction: √ganth > gaṇṭh + i
(fem, fem, from gantheti) wooden block [lit.] tie Construction: √ganth > gaṇṭh + i
(masc, masc, from gantheti) joint; knot; node [lit.] tie Construction: √ganth > gaṇṭh + i