As a deity name
Name 230 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
गंध · feminine
smell; odour; scent; bad smell; stink; stench
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गन्ध — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha), with a change of gender. Doublet of गंद (gand).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gandha as, m. smell, odour (nine kinds are enumerated, viz. iṣṭa, aniṣṭa, madhura, kaṭu, nirhārin, saṃhata, snigdha, rūkṣa, viśada, MBh. xii, 6848; a tenth kind is called amla, L.), RV. i, 162, 10; AV.; VS. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , MBh.; BhP.)
a fragrant substance, fragrance, scent, perfume (generally used in pl.; in comp. = ‘fragrant’, cf. -jala &c.), Gobh.; Lāṭy.; PārGṛ. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
smell; odour; scent (a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गन्ध; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
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