AmaganDa · masculine
āmagandha , m. (see also nir-āma° ; = Pali id. ; defined DN comm. ii.665.10 by vissa-gandha, and cf. 665.35—666.1 sāmagandhā [so read with v.l. ] glossed by sa-kuṇapagandhā pūtigandhā), the odor of carrion ; (more loosely) stench, evil odor : literally, SP 96.16 ( vs ) (kāye …) kuṣṭhaṃ kilāsaṃ tatha āmagandhaḥ; Mv i.75.14 (after 13 vividhagandhapuṣpāś ca upavāyantu sarvataḥ) mānuṣāṇām [Page100-a] āmagandhāś ( Senart em. °dhā) ca śīghram antarahāpaya (5 mss. °hāpanā or °ṇā); fig. of the stench of immorality, opp. of the odor of sanctity , Mv iii.214.3 ke āmagandhā manujeṣu brahma, and 11 (after a list of vices) te āmagandhā manujeṣu brahma ( corresp. to Pali DN ii.242.15 and 243.5 ). This is the basis of the usually fig. meaning of nirāmagandha .
the smell of raw flesh, carrion; stench, foulness; (fig.) moral foulness, corruption
(masc, masc, comp) odour of raw meat; stench of carrion; smell of rank flesh verminous odour, flesh Construction: āma + gandha