# गांधारी (gāṃdhārī)

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गांधारी (gāṃdhārī) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of the daughter of Subala and wife of Dhritarashtra.

- **SLP1:** `gAMDArI`  **IAST:** gāṃdhārī  **Devanagari:** गांधारी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhari
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/gandhari/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** गांधारि (gāṃdhāri), गान्धारी (gāndhārī), गान्धारि (gāndhāri), गन्धारी (gandhārī), गन्धारि (gandhāri)

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- Name of the daughter of Subala and wife of Dhritarashtra.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गांधारी (gāṃdhārī) [Printed book page 0457-b ] गांधारी (gāṃdhārī) [ गांधारस्यापत्यं इञ् (gāṃdhārasyāpatyaṃ iñ) ] N. of the daughter of Subala, king of the Gāndhāras and wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. [She bore to her husband 100 sons-Duryodhana and his 99 brothers. As her husband was blind she always wore a scarf over her face (probably to reduce herself to his state). After the destruction of all the Kauravas, she and her husband lived with their nephew Yudhishṭhira]. [ ID=12471 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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