सौगन्धिक

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

SAUGANDHIKA   A flower- garden of Kubera. it is assumed that Vāyu (the wind- god) carried fragrance from this garden and remained in the palace of Kubera, praising him. this garden was full of sweet- scented lotus (Saugandhika- flower). [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter, 10] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सौगन्धिक  mfn.  mfn. sweet- scented, fragrant, [MBh.]; [R.]
सौगन्धिक  m.  m. a dealer in perfumes, [L.]
   a sexually weak man ( who is stimulated by the smell of the female organs), [Suśr.]
   a kind of worm infesting the bowels, [Car.]
सौगन्धिक  n.  m. ( also n.) sulphur, [L.]
सौगन्धिक  m.  m. also title or epithet).">N. of a mountain, [Cat.]
सौगन्धिक  n.  n. a white or blue water- lily, [Vās.]; [Jātakam.]
कत्- तृण   a kind of fragrant grass (= ), [L.]

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कत् तृण

   a kind of Ocimum, --- 10---
   a kind of unguent, [TāṇḍBr.]
   a ruby, [VarBṛS.]; [Hcat.]
    also title or epithet).">N. of a mountain, [BhP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

सौगन्धिक [saugandhika] a.  a. (-का or
- की  f. f.) sweet- scented, fragrant.
   कः A dealear in perfumes, perfumer.
    sulphur.
   A sexually weak man ( who is stimulated by the smell of the female organs).
   A kind of worm infesting the bowels.
    कम् The white water- lily; गृहेषु नानोपवनामलाम्भःसरस्सु सौगन्धिककाननेषु [Bhāg.9.6.45.]
   The blue lotus.
   A kind of fragrant grass ( कत्तृण).
   A ruby.

Shabda-Sagara

सौगन्धिक  mfn.  ( -कः-का or - की- कं) fragrant, odorous.
  n.  ( - कं)
   1. The white water- lily, (Nymphæa lotus.)
   2. A fragrant grass: see कत्तृण. 3 A ruby.
   4. The blue lotus.
  m.  ( -कः)
   1. sulphur.
   2. A dealer in perfumes.
    E. सु pleasant, गन्ध smell, and ठक् added.

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सु गन्ध ठक्