[INDOLOGY] lexical query

Matthew Kapstein mkapstei at uchicago.edu
Thu Oct 3 14:48:17 UTC 2013


Have any of my fellow Indologists ever noticed gaandhaara used as an adjective designating
a tangible property of some sort (i.e. as gaura designates 'pale')?

Such a usage does not seem to be known to MW, Apte or the other dictionaries I have consulted.

It does occur as a synonym of sinduura, 'red lead', so perhaps 'reddish'?

thanks in advance for your learned assistance,
Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago
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