गलगण्ड

गलगण्ड

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡəl.ɡəɳɖ/, [ɡəl̪.ɡə̃ɳɖ]

Noun

गलगण्ड • (galgaṇḍ) m

1. alternative spelling of गलगंड (galgaṇḍ)

Declension

Declension of गलगण्ड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ
oblique	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ	गलगण्डों galgaṇḍõ
vocative	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ	गलगण्डो galgaṇḍo

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬮᬕᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• গলগণ্ড (Assamese script)
• গলগণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰩𑰐𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀮𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌲𑌗𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ગલગણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ꦒꦭꦒꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• គលគណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ಗಲಗಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• ຄລຄຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• 𑘐𑘩𑘐𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ဂလဂဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• 𑦰𑧉𑦰𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐮𑐐𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଗଲଗଣ୍ଡ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢭꢔꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆬𑆓𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖩𑖐𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• గలగణ్డ (Telugu script)
• คลคณฺฑ (Thai script)
• གལགཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒪𑒑𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of गल (gala, “throat”) +‎ गण्ड (gaṇḍa, “goitre”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.l̪ɐˈɡɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

गलगण्ड • (galagaṇḍa) m (Classical Sanskrit)

1. (pathology) goitre
   • c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE, Caraka, Caraka Saṃhitā 1.18.21:

     यस्य श्लेष्मा प्रकुपितो गलबाह्येऽवतिष्ठते ।
     शनैः संजनयेच्छोफं गलगण्डोऽस्य जायते ॥

     yasya śleṣmā prakupito galabāhye’vatiṣṭhate .
     śanaiḥ saṃjanayecchophaṃ galagaṇḍo’sya jāyate .

     When the provoked phlegm in the body gets localised outside the throat, it produces chronic swelling there and causes goitre.

   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 2.11.29:

     निबद्धः श्वयथुर्यस्य मुष्कवल्लम्बते गले ।
     महान् वा यदि वा ह्रस्वो गलगण्डं तमादिशेत् ॥

     nibaddhaḥ śvayathuryasya muṣkavallambate gale .
     mahān vā yadi vā hrasvo galagaṇḍaṃ tamādiśet .

     A pendant swelling, whether large or small, occurring in the throat region and resembling the scrotum in shape is called goitre.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गलगण्ड (galagaṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गलगण्डः galagaṇḍaḥ	गलगण्डौ galagaṇḍau	गलगण्डाः / गलगण्डासः¹ galagaṇḍāḥ / galagaṇḍāsaḥ¹
Vocative	गलगण्ड galagaṇḍa	गलगण्डौ galagaṇḍau	गलगण्डाः / गलगण्डासः¹ galagaṇḍāḥ / galagaṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गलगण्डम् galagaṇḍam	गलगण्डौ galagaṇḍau	गलगण्डान् galagaṇḍān
Instrumental	गलगण्डेन galagaṇḍena	गलगण्डाभ्याम् galagaṇḍābhyām	गलगण्डैः / गलगण्डेभिः¹ galagaṇḍaiḥ / galagaṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	गलगण्डाय galagaṇḍāya	गलगण्डाभ्याम् galagaṇḍābhyām	गलगण्डेभ्यः galagaṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	गलगण्डात् galagaṇḍāt	गलगण्डाभ्याम् galagaṇḍābhyām	गलगण्डेभ्यः galagaṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	गलगण्डस्य galagaṇḍasya	गलगण्डयोः galagaṇḍayoḥ	गलगण्डानाम् galagaṇḍānām
Locative	गलगण्डे galagaṇḍe	गलगण्डयोः galagaṇḍayoḥ	गलगण्डेषु galagaṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “गलगण्डः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 653
• Monier Williams (1899), “गलगण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 350, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2022), “galagaṇḍa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.