masc nom pl of gandha (noun); masc instr sg of gandha (noun); masc abl sg of gandha (noun); masc voc sg of gandha (noun); …
Etymology. Root √gandh- (to smell); cognate with Sanskrit gandha, Greek knē- and Gmc *knād- related to scent and odour detection. The root likely derives from an older sense of 'perceiving by nose' and may connect distantly to English 'keen' (sharp perception), though the correspondence is uncertain. The word appears in Buddhist texts as both literal smell and figurative designation for sensory objects (one of the five āyatanā).
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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