gaṇikā गणिका – courtesan

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

courtesan

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Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

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gaṇikā ·f. a harlot, courtesan.

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Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

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Gaṇikā, f. a harlot, a courtezan; a female ele- phant; N. of several plants, a sort of jasmine, Jasmi- num Auriculatum; another plant, Æschynomene Sesban, = tarkārī; another plant, commonly called Gaṇikārikā; counting, enumerating; apprehension.

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Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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gaṇikā (von gaṇa) f. 1〉 Hure AK. 2,6,1,19. AK. 1,1,7,11. AK. 2,4,1,2. TRIK. 3,3,19. H. 334. H. 532. H. an. 3,35. MED. k. 79. MBH. 13,2820. SUŚR. 2,145,15. MṚCCH. 2,4. MṚCCH. 13,14. DHŪRTAS. 70,10. DHŪRTAS. 89,2. salajjā gaṇikā naṣṭāḥ CĀṆ. 80. gaṇikāḥ kāmināṃ caiva sarvalokasya śilpinaḥ PAÑCAT. I, 172. nirdravyaṃ puruṣaṃ tyajanti gaṇikāḥ PAÑCAT. II, 102. śavaṃ spṛśanti sujanā gaṇikā na tu nirdhanam KATHĀS. 12,92. gaṇikānna M. 4,209. M. 4,219. YĀJÑ. 1,161. — 2〉 Elephantenweibchen H. ś. 176. H. an. MED. JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 Name versch. Pflanzen: a〉 Jasminum auriculatum AK. 2,4,2,52. TRIK. H. an. MED. — b〉 Aeschynomene Sesban (tarkārī) H. an. MED. — c〉 = gaṇikārikā ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — Nach WILS. auch: counting, enumerating: nach WILKINS Ms._bei_HAUGHTON: apprehension.

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gaṇikā 1〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 216,b,6 v. u. ābhirabhyutthitā (ābhiḥ d. i. durch die 64 Kalā) veśyā śīlarūpaguṇānvitā . labhate gaṇikāśabdaṃ sthānaṃ ca saṃsadi .. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 217,a,23. fg. pāṭaliputrakāḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 215,b,14. Füge Hetäre hinzu.

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Apte 1890 substantive feminine

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gaṇikā [gaṇaḥ samūho'styasyāḥ bhartṛtvena gaṇa-ṭhañ] 1 A harlot, courtezan; ([Page 0448-c]) guṇānuraktā gaṇikā ca yasya vasaṃtaśobheva vasaṃtasenā Mk. 1. 6; gaṇikā nāma pādukāṃtarapraviṣṭeva leṣṭukā duḥkhena punarnirākriyate Mk. 5: nirakāśayadravimapetavasuṃ viyadālayādaparadiggīṇakā Śi. 9. 10. 2 A female elephant. 3 A kind of flower. 4 A kind of jasmine.