आमगन्ध (Amagandha)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishāmagandha, 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.
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetandri nga ba
आमगन्ध
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