smell, viz.
- odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii.52; muttakarīsa˚ the smell of faeces and urine AN.iii.158; catujāti˚ four kinds of scent Ja.i.265; Pv-a.127; dibba-g˚puppha a flower of heavenly odour Ja.i.289.
- odour smell in particular: enumerated as mūla˚, sāra˚ puppha˚, etc., SN.iii.156 = SN.v.44 = AN.v.22; Dhs.625 (under ghandāyatanāni, sphere of odours). Specified as māla˚, sāra˚, puppha˚ under tīṇi gandhajātāni AN.i.225-puppha˚ Dhp.54 = AN.i.226.
- smell as olfactory sensation, belonging to the sphere (āyatanāni) of sense-impressions and sensory objects & enum. in set of the 12 ajjhatta-bāhirāni āyatanāni (see under rūpa with ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyitvā “sensing smell by means of the olfactory organ” DN.iii.102; DN.iii.244 = DN.iii.250 DN.iii.269 = Nd ii.on rūpa; MN.iii.55, MN.iii.267; SN.iv.71; Vin.i.35 Defined at Vism.447. Also as gandhā ghānaviññeyya under kāmaguṇā MN.ii.42; DN.iii.234, etc. In series of 10 attributes of physical quality (-rūpa, etc.) as characteristic of devas DN.iii.146; Pv.ii.9#58; as sāra˚, pheggu˚ taca˚, etc. (nine qualities in all) in definition of Gandhabba-kāyikā devā SN.iii.250 sq
■ In the same sense & similar connections: vaṇṇa-g˚-ras’ûpeto Dhp.49; Ja.ii.106; gandhānaṃ khamo & akkhamo (of king’s elephant) AN.iii.158 sq.; itthi˚, purisa˚ AN.i.1, AN.i.2; AN.iii.68 in combination w. other four senses Snp.387, Snp.759, Snp.974. - perfume, prepared odorific substance used as a toilet requisite, either in form of an unguent or a powder. Abstinence from the use of kallaesthetics is stated in the Sīlas (DN.i.8) as characteristic of certain Wanderers and Brahmins. Here gandha is mentioned together with mālā (flowers, garlands): DN.i.5 = Kp ii.DN.i.7 (˚kathā); Vin.ii.123; Snp.401; Ja.i.50, Ja.i.291; Pv-a.62. The use of scented ointment (-vilepana & ālepa see compounds) is allowed to the Buddhist bhikkhus (Vin.i.206); and the giving of this, together with other commodities, is included in the second part of the deyyadhamma (the list of meritorious gifts to the Sangha), under Nos. 5–14 (anna-pāna-vattha-yānamālā-gandhā-vilepana-seyy-âvasatha-padīpeyya): SN.iii.252 Cnd.523 = Iti.65..Out of this enumeration g˚-m˚-v˚-Pv ii.3#16; chatta-g˚-m˚-upāhanā Pv.ii.4#9ii.936; m˚-g˚-v˚ kappūra-kaṭukapphalāni <