ganDika · gandhika 2 · gandhika 1
Gandhika (and °uja Pv II 1 20 ; II 12 1 ) 1. having perfume, fragrant, scentful, Ja I 266 (su°); Pv II 1 10 (= surabhigandha); II 121 (sogandhiya); Vv-a 58 (read gandhikāgandhikehi). 2. dealing in perfume, a perfumer Miln 262 (cf. gandhin 2).
gandhika , ( 1 ) at end of Bhvr. cpds. (= Skt. gandhin; in Skt. only Lex. , except pejoratively = having only the smell [semblance] of …), having the odor of … : Mv i.168.16 mukhaṃ cotpalagandhikaṃ, and his mouth is lotus-scented : Divy 120.2 (bhūmipradeśam …) niṣpūtigandhikam; in LV 293.5—6 ( vs ) prob. pejorative, as in Skt. (above), yasya guṇaiḥ satataṃ guṇagandhikā bhonti surāsurayakṣamahoragāḥ, by reason of whose virtues the gods … ( etc. ) are (or perhaps, with v.l. bhānti, appear ) possessed of a mere semblance of virtue (in comparison); ( 2 ) m. (= Pali id. , Skt. gāndhika), a perfumer, dealer in perfumes : Mv i.38.1 ; 44.5 ; iii.113.7 ; 442.13 ; in Divy mss. vary with gāndhika (see note on 348.23 ): ga° 351.2, 5 ; 647.3 ; 649.19 .
(adj, adj, in comps, from gandha) fragrant; perfumed; scented having fragrance [lit.] with smell Construction: √ghā + na + ika gandha + ika
(adj, adj, in comps, from gandha) smelling; with a smell Construction: √ghā + na + ika gandha + ika