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Ganadevata
Ganadevata (গণদেবতা) is a 1942 Bengali novel by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay portraying a rural village caught between feudal decay and industrialization, which earned him the 1966 Jnanpith Award.
Ganagandharvan (ഗാനഗന്ധർവൻ)
Ganagandharvan (ഗാനഗന്ധർവൻ), aka Gaanagandharvan, is a 2019 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by Ramesh Pisharody, starring Mammootty as stage singer Kalasadhan Ullas; released 27 September 2019, music by Deepak Dev.
Gaṇaka-Moggallāna
Gaṇaka-Moggallāna (गणकमोग्गल्लान), Moggallāna the Accountant, was a brahmin accountant of Sāvatthī in the Buddha's lifetime who asked whether the Buddha's teaching offers a gradual training, in the sutta Majjhima Nikāya 107.
Ganapath
Ganapath (गणपत), also Ganapath: A Hero Is Born, is a 2023 Hindi dystopian action film by Vikas Bahl starring Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon, and Amitabh Bachchan, released 20 October 2023 and a box office disaster.
Ganapathi P. Rajkumar
Ganapathi P. Rajkumar, born in 1965, is an Indian DMK politician who has represented Coimbatore in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving as Mayor of Coimbatore from 2014 to 2016.
Ganapati
Ganapati, also called Ganapatideva (గణపతి దేవుడు), was the greatest ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty of the Deccan, who conquered coastal Andhra and was succeeded by his daughter Rudrama.
Ganapati Naga
Ganapati Naga (गणपतिनाग) was a Naga dynasty king of north-central India, ruling near Mathura, Padmavati, and Vidisha, who was forcibly dethroned by the Gupta emperor Samudragupta.
Ganapatideva
Ganapatideva (గణపతిదేవ) was the greatest ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty, reigning from 1199 to 1262 and uniting the entire Telugu region under one rule for the first time since the Satavahanas.
Ganaxolone
Ganaxolone, sold as Ztalmy, is a synthetic neuroactive steroid that modulates GABA receptors and is used as an antiseizure medication, approved in 2022 as the first treatment for seizures in CDKL5 deficiency disorder.
Ganciclovir
Ganciclovir is a nucleoside analog antiviral drug used to treat and prevent disease from human cytomegalovirus, chiefly in immunocompromised patients such as transplant recipients and people with AIDS.
Gand Island
Gand Island (Île Gand, Ghent Island) is a flat, ice-covered Antarctic island, about 6 km by 3 km, at the north end of Schollaert Channel between Anvers and Brabant Islands, discovered and named by de Gerlache's 1897-99 Belgian expedition after Ghent.
Gandajika
Gandajika (Ngandajika), city and territory in Lomami Province, central DR Congo; INERA agricultural research center and site of the AfDB-financed Ngandajika Agro-Industrial Park (PRODAN); population about 208,000-346,000.
Gandaki Pradesh
Gandaki Pradesh (गण्डकी प्रदेश), formerly Province No. 4, is a central Nepali province with capital Pokhara, 11 districts, 21,733 sq km, and 2,466,427 people (2021 census).
Gandaki River (गण्डकी नदी)
The Gandaki River (गण्डकी नदी), called Narayani in Nepal and Gandak in India, is a major transboundary river rising in the Himalayas and joining the Ganges on its left bank.
Gandalf
Gandalf, also Olórin or Mithrandir, is a wizard in Tolkien's Middle-earth: a Maia sent as one of five Istari in the Third Age, bearer of Narya, later Gandalf the White, who defeats Sauron's plans and sails west in T.A. 3021.
Gandalf Colles
Gandalf Colles is a 102-km-wide group of hills (colles) on Titan at 14.61°N, 209.54°W, IAU-approved July 20, 2015 and named after Tolkien's wizard Gandalf; classified as hummocky terrain.
Gandamala Kandana Rasa
Gandamala Kandana Rasa (Gaṇḍamālā kaṇḍana rasa), also Gandamalakandana Rasa, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasayoga with purified mercury, sulphur, calcined metals, and herbs, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000448) at 250–500 mg for goiter and cervical lymphadenitis.
Gandavyuha
The Gandavyuha (Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra) is a Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist sutra, possibly from the 3rd century AD, describing the young layman Sudhana's journey toward enlightenment through encounters with about fifty spiritual teachers.
Ganden Monastery
Ganden Monastery (Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན, Ganden; Chinese: 甘丹寺), full name Ganden Namgyal Ling, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery about 50 kilometers from Lhasa, founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa.
Gander International Airport
Gander International Airport, also known as Gander Airport, is an international airport in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, built in the late 1930s as a refueling stop for transatlantic flights.
Gander Mountain
Gander Mountain, later Gander RV, was an American chain of outdoor-sports specialty stores selling hunting, fishing, and camping gear, founded in 1960 and sold to Camping World in 2017.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Gander, Newfoundland, and Labrador: town built around Gander International Airport, a 1938 transatlantic refueling hub and WWII Ferry Command base, famous for sheltering 6,600 stranded 9/11 passengers, inspiring Come From Away.
Gandhaka
Gandhaka (गन्धक) is purified sulphur in Ayurveda's Rasashastra, base of Gandhaka Rasayana; purified by ghee-milk Shodhana, used for skin diseases, studied in 180-day rat toxicity trials.
Gandhaka rasayana
Gandhaka rasayana (गन्धक रसायन) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rejuvenative based on purified sulphur, with fifteen textual variants; used chiefly for skin diseases, dosed 1–3 g per the Ayurvedic Formulary of India.
Gandhaka vati
Gandhaka vati (Gandhaka vaṭī, AFI000415) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet of purified sulphur and mercury with herbs and salts, dosed at 2 g, indicated for skin diseases (twaka roga).
Gandhakadya malahara
Gandhakadya malahara (Gandhakādi malahara), an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral ointment from Rasa Tarangini's 8th Taranga, made of purified sulphur, borax, girisindura, camphor in sesame oil and beeswax, used externally for itching, scabies, fungal infection, and eczema.
Gandhara
Gandhara (Gāndhāra): ancient region of northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan around Taxila and Peshawar; Achaemenid province, Mauryan and Kushan Buddhist center, home of Greco-Roman-influenced Gandharan Buddhist art.
Gandhāran Buddhist texts
The Gandhāran Buddhist texts, also known as the Kharosthi Manuscripts or Gandharan scrolls, are the oldest surviving Buddhist manuscripts, written in Gāndhārī on birch bark from the 1st century BCE onward.
Gandhari (2026 film)
Gandhari (गांधारी) is a 2026 Hindi Netflix action-thriller directed by Devashish Makhija, written and produced by Kanika Dhillon, starring Taapsee Pannu as Bani, a mother who loses her eyesight when her daughter is abducted; released 3 September 2026 to poor reviews (17% Tomatometer).
Gandhari (गान्धारी)
Gandhari (गान्धारी), Mahabharata queen, daughter of Subala of Gandhara, wife of blind Dhritarashtra, mother of the hundred Kauravas; famed for her lifelong blindfold, curse on Krishna, and death in a forest fire.