Avagadha, Avagāḍha: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraAvagāḍha (अवगाढ) refers to one of the three limbs of ullopyaka, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 31. Ullopyaka refers to on the seven types of song (gitaka).

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsAvagāḍha (अवगाढ):—[avagāḍhaṃ] Hard

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvagāḍha (अवगाढ).—p. p.
1) Plunged into, entered into, immersed; जलावगाढस्य वनद्विपस्य (jalāvagāḍhasya vanadvipasya) Mṛcchakaṭika 2; अमृतह्रदमिवावगाढोऽस्मि (amṛtahradamivāvagāḍho'smi) Ś.7; अवगाढः शोकसागरम् (avagāḍhaḥ śokasāgaram) Rām.; समुद्रमवगाढानि पत्तनानि (samudramavagāḍhāni pattanāni) Rām.
2) Depressed, low, deep (lit. and fig.); Rām.6.88.74. अभ्युन्नता पुरस्तादवगाढा जघनगौरवात्पश्चात् (abhyunnatā purastādavagāḍhā jaghanagauravātpaścāt) Ś.3.7.; मन्युरभज- दवगाढतरः (manyurabhaja- davagāḍhataraḥ) Śiśupālavadha 15.2.
3) That in which one bathes; अवगाढा च पीता च (avagāḍhā ca pītā ca) (gaṅgā) पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् (punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam) Mb.
4) Congealed, curdling (as blood).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvagāḍha (अवगाढ).—mfn.
(-ḍhaḥ-ḍhā-ḍhaṃ) 1. Immersed, plunged, bathed. 2. Deep. E. avagāha and kta aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvagāḍha (अवगाढ).—[adjective] entered (act. & pass.), immersed (l.&[feminine]), depressed, deep.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avagadha (अवगध):—m. [plural] Name of a people, [Aitareya-āraṇyaka]
2) Avagāḍha (अवगाढ):—[=ava-gāḍha] [from ava-gāh] mfn. immersed, bathed, plunged into ([accusative] [Rāmāyaṇa; Śakuntalā]; [locative case] [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Mahābhārata i, 5300]; rarely [genitive case] [Rāmāyaṇa iv, 43, 32]; often in [compound] [Śakuntalā; Mṛcchakaṭikā])
3) [v.s. ...] that in which one bathes, [Mahābhārata iii, 8236]
4) [v.s. ...] deepened, low, [Śakuntalā; Suśruta]
5) [v.s. ...] curdling (as blood), [Suśruta]
6) [v.s. ...] having disappeared, vanished, [Mahābhārata iv, 2238.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvagāḍha (अवगाढ):—[ava-gāḍha] (ḍhaḥ-ḍhā-ḍhaṃ) p. Immersed; bathed; deep.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Avagāḍha (अवगाढ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ogāḍha.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAvagāḍha (ಅವಗಾಢ):—
1) [adjective] gone below the surface of a liquid; plunged; immersed.
2) [adjective] deeply involved; engaged in a subject single-mindedly.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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