गन्धवती

{ gandhavatī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

The city of Vāyu (the wind God). There are said to be nine cities on top of Mount Mahāmeru:
(1) Manovatī of Brahmā at the centre,
(2) Just on the eastern side of it Amarāvatī of Indra,
(3) Agni's Tejovatī in the south-eastern corner,
(4) Maya's Saṁyamanī in the south, 5) Nirṛti's Kṛṣṇāñjanā in thesouth-western corner,
(6) Śraddhāvatī of Varuṇa on the west,
(7) Gandhavatī of Vāyu in the northwestern corner,
(8) Mahodayā of Kubera on the north, and
(9) Yaśovatī of Īśāna in the north-eastern corner. [Devībhāgavata, Aṣṭama Skandha] .
GANDHAVATĪ I   The name Satyavatī (Kālī) was assumed when sage Parāśara had swept away her matsyagandha (fish smell). She got also another name Yojanagandhā. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 63, Verse 80] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गन्ध—वती  f.  f. = -मात्रि, [L.]

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गन्ध वती

a kind of jasmine, [L.]
°धोत्तमा   = , [L.]
a kind of perfume, [L.]
-काली   = , [MBh. i, 2411]

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काली

N. of a city belonging to वायु, [SkandaP.]
of a city belonging to वरुण, [L.]
N. of a river, [Megh. 34.]

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

noun  एका नदी ।   Ex. गन्धवत्याः वर्णनं मेघदूते वर्तते
noun  एकं नगरम् ।   Ex. गन्धवत्याः अधिपतिः वरुणः अस्ति
noun  एकं नगरम् ।   Ex. स्कन्दपुराणानुसारेण गन्धवत्याः अधिपतिः वायुः अस्ति
See : पृथिवी