Gardabha, Gardabhā, Gārdabha: 25 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Gardabha (गर्दभ):—[Die Uṇādi-Affixe 3, 121.]

1) m. a) Esel [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 78.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 26. 3, 3, 286.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1256.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 455.] [Medinīkoṣa bh. 15. 16.] samindra garda.haṃ mṛṇa nu.antaṃ pā.ayāmu.ā [Ṛgveda 1, 29, 5.] na garda.haṃ pu.o aśvānnayanti [3, 53, 23.] [Vālakhilya 7, 3.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 31, 3.] ga.da.haḥ paśū.āṃ bhārabhā.itamaḥ [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 1, 5, 4.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 34.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 5, 1, 9. 12, 7, 1, 5.] gardabhejyā [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 1, 13.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 12. -] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 298.] dhanameṣāṃ (caṇḍālaśvapacānāṃ) śvagardabham [10, 51.] kāṇena gardabhena yajeta nirṛtim [11, 118.] vasitvā gardabhājinam [122.] gardabhayuktena rathena [Mahābhārata 13, 1874.] gardabhāruṇa [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 4.] [Suśruta 1, 105, 3. 108, 18.] aviśrāmaṃ vahedbhāraṃ śītoṣṇaṃ ca na vindati . sasaṃtoṣastathā nityaṃ trīṇi śikṣeta gardabhāt .. [Cāṇakya 70.] na gardabhā vājidhuraṃ vahanti [Mṛcchakaṭikā 63, 10.] [Hitopadeśa II, 30.] sāpi gardabhamāruhya nijanagarānniṣkāsitā [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 27, 13.] — b) eine Art Parfum, = gandha [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = gandhabhid [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Nomen proprium einer Dynastie [Viṣṇupurāṇa 474] (Garddhaba). gardabhin [475, Nalopākhyāna 64.] —

2) f. gardabhī a) Eselin [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 10, 1, 14.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 4, 2, 8.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 110.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1872. fgg.] — b) ein best. in Kuhmist lebendes Insect [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1208.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Suśruta 2, 288, 3.] — c) Name verschiedener Pflanzen: α) = aparājitā, β) = kaṭabhī, γ) = śvetakaṇṭakārī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) eine best. Hautkrankheit [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Vgl. gardabhikā . —

3) n. a) die weisse essbare Wasserlilie, Nymphaea esculenta [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 286] (lies: gardabhaṃ u. s. w.). [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) eine best. gegen Würmer angewandte Pflanze (s. viḍaṅga) [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. gārdabha .

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Gārdabha (गार्दभ):—(von gardabha) adj. asininus: pasas [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 72, 3.] rūpa [Mahābhārata 12, 8110.] māṃsa [8, 2051.] kṣīra [2059.] mūtra [Suśruta 1, 194, 6.]

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Gardabha (गर्दभ):—

1) a) tvac [Oxforder Handschriften 98,a,1.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Kathāsaritsāgara 70, 97.] — c) vgl. gārdabhin .

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

Gardabha (गर्दभ):——

1) m. — a) Esel. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā — b) *ein best. Parfum.

2) f. bhī — a) Eselin. — b) ein best. in Kuhmist lebendes Insect. — c) *Name verschiedener Pflanzen ( = aparājitā , kaṭabhī und śvetakaṇṭakārī. — d) *eine best. Hautkrankheit.

3) *n. — a) die Blüthe der Nymphaea esculenta. — b) Embelia Ribes.

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Gārdabha (गार्दभ):—Adj. asininus. yāna n. mit Eseln bespannt [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra]

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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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