Gara, Gāra: 18 definitions

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Gara has 17 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Gaar.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Gara (गर):—(nom. act. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 29,] [Scholiast] gara [57, Scholiast] gara, f. ī nom. ag. gaṇa pacādi zu [3, 1, 134.] gara m. dūṣye gaṇa uñchādi zu [6, 1, 160])

1) adj. (von 2. gar) verschlingend, s. ajagara . —

2) m. oxyt. (wie eben) Trank, Flüssigkeit: yathā śīrṇena śīrṇaṃ saṃdhitsedyathā vā śīrṇe garamabhinidadhyāt [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 5, 8, 6.] —

3) schädlicher Trank, Gifttrank, m. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 408.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 22.] n. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] sapatnyā tu garastasyai dattaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 110, 24. 1, 70, 30.] yasmai prayacchantyarayo garāṃśca [Suśruta 1, 275, 21.] garopayoga [2, 133, 14. 289, 10.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 14, 43. 9, 8, 4.] idaṃ garam [8, 7, 40.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5582.] m. ein künstlich zubereitetes Gift (upaviṣa) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1314.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Dafür bei [WILSON] nach derselben Aut.: an antidote. n. ein best. Gift, = vatsanābha [Rājanirghaṇṭa] —

4) m. Krankheit [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] wohl eine best. Krankheit oder Krankheitserscheinung, viell. erschwertes Schlingen, Dysphagia [Suśruta 1, 32, 2. 160, 3. 179, 1. 2, 84, 1. 224, 1. 419, 4.] —

5) n. Name des 5ten Karaṇa (s. [2.] karaṇa [3.Manu’s Gesetzbuch]) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 99,4. 7. -] [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] angeblich nach [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna] (!) sprinkling, wetting; er muss demnach karaṇa auch als nom. act. von 3. kar aufgefasst haben; vgl. übrigens [4.] gar . —

6) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes von Uśīnara [Viṣṇupurāṇa 444.] —

7) f. garā a) das Verschlingen [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Name einer Pflanze, = devadālīlatā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

8) f. garī ein best. Gras, Andropogon serratus [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 49.] [Medinīkoṣa] Nach [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] u. d. W. devadālī auch = garā .

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Gāra (गार):—n. Name eines Sāman (von Gara verfasst) [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 9, 2.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 215.]

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Gara (गर):—

3) [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 19, 4, 2. fgg.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 1, 9, 10.] —

6) Nomen proprium [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 9, 2, 16.]

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Gāra (गार):—vgl. madra .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Gara (गर):——

1) Adj. verschlingend in aja. —

2) m. — a) Trank , Flüssigkeit. — b) *ein best. leichteres Gift. — c) eine best. Krankheit. — d) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer. —

3) m. n. (dieses selten) Gift.

4) *f. ā — a) das Verschlingen. — b) eine best. Cucurbitacee.

5) *f. ā und ī Andropogon serratus.

6) n. — a) das fünfte ^2. karaṇa 4)n). — b) *ein best. Gift.

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Gāra (गार):—n. Name eines Sāman. Vgl. madra.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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