[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Monastic discipline of the Indian schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya) › [Vinaya treatises, manuals and commentaries](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra) › [Gaṇḍīsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra) › [གཎ་ཌཱིའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo) › [The Gandi Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo~en-84000) › notes.2 # གཎ་ཌའ་མད notes.2 The Gaṇḍī Sūtra notes.2 - **Language:** English ### [notes.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.2) 2. In The Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary, the term gaṇḍī is defined as “a shaft or stalk, used as a bar.” The related Sanskrit term gaṇḍi is defined in the Monier-Williams dictionary as “the trunk of a tree from the root to the beginning of the branches.” For a discussion of the various definitions and etymologies of the term, see Sobkovyak (2015), p. 689. - [Previous: notes.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.1) - [Next: notes.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.3) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.gandisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.2) · Pramāṇa