"चन्दन" meaning in Sanskrit

See चन्दन in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡ɕɐn.dɐ.nɐ/ [Vedic], /t͡ɕɐn̪.d̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Usually derived from चन्दति (candati, “to shine”), but probably a Dravidian borrowing: compare Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “Santalum tree”), சாந்தம் (cāntam, “sandalwood”), Malayalam ചാന്ത് (cāntŭ, “sandal paste”). Etymology templates: {{der|sa|dra}} Dravidian, {{taxfmt|Santalum|genus}} Santalum, {{cog|ta|சாந்து|t=Santalum tree}} Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “Santalum tree”), {{cog|ml|ചാന്ത്|t=sandal paste}} Malayalam ചാന്ത് (cāntŭ, “sandal paste”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} चन्दन • (candana) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनौ}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनाः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनौ}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनान्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनेन}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनाभ्याम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनैः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनाय}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनाभ्याम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनेभ्यः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनात्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनाभ्याम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनेभ्यः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनस्य}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनयोः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनानाम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दने}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनयोः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनेषु}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दन}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनौ}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|चन्दनाः}} Forms: चन्दन stem or [canonical, masculine], candana [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], चन्दनः [nominative, singular], चन्दनौ [dual, nominative], चन्दनाः [nominative, plural], चन्दनम् [accusative, singular], चन्दनौ [accusative, dual], चन्दनान् [accusative, plural], चन्दनेन [instrumental, singular], चन्दनाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], चन्दनैः [instrumental, plural], चन्दनाय [dative, singular], चन्दनाभ्याम् [dative, dual], चन्दनेभ्यः [dative, plural], चन्दनात् [ablative, singular], चन्दनाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], चन्दनेभ्यः [ablative, plural], चन्दनस्य [genitive, singular], चन्दनयोः [dual, genitive], चन्दनानाम् [genitive, plural], चन्दने [locative, singular], चन्दनयोः [dual, locative], चन्दनेषु [locative, plural], चन्दन [singular, vocative], चन्दनौ [dual, vocative], चन्दनाः [plural, vocative]
  1. sandalwood Wikipedia link: Cosmas Indicopleustes
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  "descendants": [
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      "lang_code": "as",
      "roman": "sondon",
      "word": "চন্দন"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "condon",
      "word": "চন্দন"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Byzantine Greek",
          "lang_code": "grc",
          "roman": "sándanon",
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        },
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            {
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              "lang_code": "ar",
              "raw_tags": [
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            },
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              "lang": "Classical Syriac",
              "lang_code": "syc",
              "raw_tags": [
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              "word": "ܨܢܕܠ"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "lang_code": "pal",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cndl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gandhari",
      "lang_code": "pgd",
      "roman": "canaṇa",
      "word": "𐨕𐨣𐨞"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Byzantine Greek",
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      "lang_code": "pgd",
      "roman": "caṃdanaṃ",
      "word": "𐨕𐨎𐨡𐨣𐨎"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "lang_code": "gu",
      "roman": "candan",
      "word": "ચંદન"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "candan",
      "word": "चन्दन"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "lang_code": "pa",
      "roman": "candan",
      "word": "ਚੰਦਨ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "čandan",
          "word": "ճանդան"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "lang_code": "xcl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "čandan",
      "word": "ճանդան"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cantonese",
          "lang_code": "yue",
          "roman": "zin1 taan4",
          "word": "栴檀"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "zhāntán",
          "word": "栴檀"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "sendan",
          "word": "栴檀"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "jeondan",
          "word": "전단(栴檀)"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Karakhanid",
                  "lang_code": "xqa",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "roman": "čïndān",
                  "sense": "sandalwood, reddish-bay colored (of horses)",
                  "word": "جِنْدانْ"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Uyghur",
              "lang_code": "oui",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "cyntʾn",
              "word": "𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Sogdian",
          "lang_code": "sog",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "cntn",
          "word": "𐼿𐼻𐽂𐼻"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Chinese",
      "lang_code": "ltc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "tsyen dan",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "栴檀"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Byzantine Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "roman": "tzandánan",
      "word": "τζανδάναν"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "lang_code": "kn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "roman": "candana",
      "word": "ಚಂದನ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "roman": "chan",
      "word": "ຈັນ"
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "word": "cendana"
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cendana"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "zandan",
      "word": "зандан"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "zandan",
      "word": "ᠽᠠᠨᠳᠠᠨ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "lang_code": "ps",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "roman": "čandaṛṇ",
      "word": "چندنړ"
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    {
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "cantaṉam",
      "word": "சந்தனம்"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "lang_code": "ml",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "candanaṁ",
      "word": "ചന്ദനം"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "candanamu",
      "word": "చందనము"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "jan",
      "word": "จันทน์"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dzongkha",
          "lang_code": "dz",
          "roman": "tsan dan",
          "word": "ཙན་དན"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "lang_code": "bo",
          "roman": "tsan dan",
          "word": "ཙན་དན"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Classical Tibetan",
      "lang_code": "xct",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "tsan dan",
      "word": "ཙན་དན"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "lang_code": "txb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cantāṃ"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "taxfmt"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ചാന്ത്",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Usually derived from चन्दति (candati, “to shine”), but probably a Dravidian borrowing: compare Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “Santalum tree”), சாந்தம் (cāntam, “sandalwood”), Malayalam ചാന്ത് (cāntŭ, “sandal paste”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "चन्दन stem or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "चन्दनः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "चन्दनौ",
      "roman": "candanau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनाः",
      "roman": "candanāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनम्",
      "roman": "candanam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनौ",
      "roman": "candanau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनान्",
      "roman": "candanān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनेन",
      "roman": "candanena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "candanābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनैः",
      "roman": "candanaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनाय",
      "roman": "candanāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "candanābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनेभ्यः",
      "roman": "candanebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनात्",
      "roman": "candanāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "candanābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "चन्दनेभ्यः",
      "roman": "candanebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "चन्दनस्य",
      "roman": "candanasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनयोः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "चन्दनानाम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दने",
      "roman": "candane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनयोः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दन",
      "roman": "candana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "चन्दनौ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "candanāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      },
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      },
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        "1": "चन्दनम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
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      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनान्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनेन"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनाभ्याम्"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनैः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनाय"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनात्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनस्य"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनानाम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दने"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनेषु"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दन"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनाः"
      },
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          "roman": "tsan dan",
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        "borrowed"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "चन्दनयोः",
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    {
      "form": "चन्दनेषु",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "चन्दन",
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      "form": "चन्दनौ",
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "चन्दनाः",
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      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनैः"
      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनस्य"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनानाम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दने"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "चन्दनेषु"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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    }
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        "Pages with entries",
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      "ipa": "/t͡ɕɐn.dɐ.nɐ/",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "चन्दन"
}

Download raw JSONL data for चन्दन meaning in Sanskrit (11.0kB)

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  "path": [
    "चन्दन"
  ],
  "section": "Sanskrit",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "चन्दन",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Sanskrit: 'चन्दन stem or', originally 'चन्दन stem or m'",
  "path": [
    "चन्दन"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "चन्दन",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'चन्दन stem or' in 'चन्दन • (candana) stem, m'",
  "path": [
    "चन्दन"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "चन्दन",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (ffdbfc3 and b9346a0). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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