How do you use Gandhari in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Gandhari in a sentence
Gandhari meaning
An Indo-Aryan language formerly spoken in what is now northern India and eastern Pakistan; a northwestern Prakrit in which Gandharan Buddhist texts were compiled.
Using Gandhari
- The main meaning on this page is: An Indo-Aryan language formerly spoken in what is now northern India and eastern Pakistan; a northwestern Prakrit in which Gandharan Buddhist texts were compiled.
Context around Gandhari
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gandhari
- In this selection, "gandhari" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sorrow, ended, visited, felt, cursed and kunti stand out and add context to how "gandhari" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and sorrow gandhari cursed that and contrasts between gandhari s and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gandhari" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gandhari
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On the night before Duryodhana's death, Krishna visited Gandhari to offer his condolences. (14 words)
The end of the Pandavas Gandhari, blindfolded, supporting Dhrtarashtra and following Kunti when Dhrtarashtra became old and infirm and retired to the forest. (23 words)
He was present at a grand scale theatrical play of Mahabharata from the point of view of Gandhari, Kunti and Draupadi, by students of Mount Litera School International. (28 words)
Gandhari felt that Krishna knowingly did not put an end to the war, and in a fit of rage and sorrow, Gandhari cursed that Krishna, along with everyone else from the Yadu dynasty, would perish after 36 years. (38 words)
When Duryodhana meets Gandhari, her vision and blessings fall on his entire body except his groin and thighs, and she becomes unhappy about it because she was not able to convert his entire body to diamond. (36 words)
Krishna himself knew and wanted this to happen as he felt that the Yadavas had become very haughty and arrogant (adharmi), so he ended Gandhari's speech by saying "tathastu" (so be it). (33 words)
Example sentences (7)
Gandhari felt that Krishna knowingly did not put an end to the war, and in a fit of rage and sorrow, Gandhari cursed that Krishna, along with everyone else from the Yadu dynasty, would perish after 36 years.
Speaking about the contrasts between Gandhari’s and Kunti’s relationship, Aditi says: “In some ways they found themselves in similar situations, but they were different, for example their relationship with Krishna.
He was present at a grand scale theatrical play of Mahabharata from the point of view of Gandhari, Kunti and Draupadi, by students of Mount Litera School International.
Krishna himself knew and wanted this to happen as he felt that the Yadavas had become very haughty and arrogant (adharmi), so he ended Gandhari's speech by saying "tathastu" (so be it).
On the night before Duryodhana's death, Krishna visited Gandhari to offer his condolences.
The end of the Pandavas Gandhari, blindfolded, supporting Dhrtarashtra and following Kunti when Dhrtarashtra became old and infirm and retired to the forest.
When Duryodhana meets Gandhari, her vision and blessings fall on his entire body except his groin and thighs, and she becomes unhappy about it because she was not able to convert his entire body to diamond.