Gadadhara, Gadādhara, Gada-dhara: 15 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaGadādhara (गदाधर).—A synonym of Mahāviṣṇu.
There is a place called Gayā to the north of Mount Kālañjara to the south of Himālayas, to the east of Kuśasthalī and to the west of Vasupura. Once a king called Gaya conducted at Gayā an Aśvamedha, a Naramedha (yajña at which man is offered as sacrifice) and a Mahāmedha and Mahāviṣṇu acted as gate-keeper of Gaya. As Viṣṇu stood guard there holding the gadā (club) in his hands he came to be known as Gadādhara also thenceforth. (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 76).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexGadādhara (गदाधर).—Viṣṇu as; the first narrator of the Matsya Purāṇa; in the Tārakāmaya war;1 boon to Dharmavrata after she became a stone.2
- 1) Matsya-purāṇa 1. 10: 176. 30: 178. 23 and 46 Vāyu-purāṇa 106. 55.
- 2) Vāyu-purāṇa 60. 77: 107. 47: 108. 52: 109. 12, 20.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: archive.org: Pratima Kosa Encyclopedia of Indian Iconography - Vol 6Gadādhara (गदाधर) refers to one of the many varieties of the Śālagrāma (ammonite fossil stones).—The Gadādhara is not bright and has only one cakra. Śālagrāma stones are very ancient geological specimens, rendered rounded and smooth by water-currents in a great length of time. They (e.g., Gadādhara stones) are distinguished by the ammonite (śālā, described as “vajra-kīṭa”, “adamantine worms”) which having entered into them for residence, are fossilized in course of time, leaving discus-like marks inside the stone.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
India history and geography
Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts, volume 3, part 1: SaduktikarnamritaGadādhara (गदाधर) is the name of a Poet mentioned in the 13th century Saduktikarṇāmrita by Śrīdhara Dāsa (son of Vaṭu Dāsa) who was a chief over several districts (called a mahāmaṇḍalika).—The Sadukti-Karnamrita is a collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. There are 446 poets identified (for example, Gadādhara) some of which in the feminine gender (intended for females) while others are of Buddhist monks etc.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygadādhara (गदाधर).—m (S) A drinking vessel. It is like an ābakharā.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGadādhara (गदाधर).—an epithet of Viṣṇu; Bhāgavata 1.8.39.
Derivable forms: gadādharaḥ (गदाधरः).
Gadādhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gadā and dhara (धर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGadādhara (गदाधर).—m.
(-raḥ) A name of Krishna. E. gadā E. club, and dhara who holds; Krishna or Vishnu is represented holding a mace in one of his hands.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGadādhara (गदाधर).—m. a name of Kṛṣṇa, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 8, 39.
Gadādhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gadā and dhara (धर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGadādhara (गदाधर).—[adjective] bearing a mace ([Epithet] of Kṛṣṇa).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Gadādhara (गदाधर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Govinda (Kuṇḍamārtaṇḍa 1692). Bhr. 770.
2) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—son of Rāmeśvara, son of Vedeśvara, son of Caṇḍeśvara, was father of Vidyādhara, father of Ratnadhara, father of Jagaddhara (Mālatīmādhavaṭīkā, etc.). Oxf. 136^a. L. 1981.
3) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—father of Mādhavamiśra (Bhedadīpikā). L. 1879.
4) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—father of Mukundapriya, grandfather of Rāmānanda (Kāśīkhaṇḍaṭīkā). W. p. 145.
5) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—son of Viṣṇu, father of Sadāśiva of the Daśaputra family (Liṅgārcanacandrikā). L. 1944.
6) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—younger brother of Viṣṇu Bhaṭṭa, uncle and guru of Kṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa (Padārthacandrikāvilāsa). Hall. p. 75.
7) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]
8) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—a medical writer. Quoted by Bhāvamiśra Oxf. 311^b, by Vaidyavācaspati Oxf. 314^b.
9) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Kṛtyakalpadruma. [Oudh 1876-1877], 12.
10) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Grahayāgāyutahomalakṣahomakoṭihomasiddhi. W. p. 349.
11) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Gadādharapaddhati. K. 172. Navakaṇḍikāsūtrabhāṣya. K. 182. Peters. 3, 389. Sampradāyapradīpa [dharma] B. 3, 134. Peters. 3, 389.
12) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Bṛhattāratamyastotra. Proceed. Asb. 1870, 312.
13) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Bhagavattattvadīpikā. P. 13.
14) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Rasikajīvana alaṃk. Paris. (D 217). Bühler 554.
15) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Vivāhasiddhāntarahasya jy. B. 4, 196.
16) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—son of Rāghavendra, son of Dhīrasiṃha, son of Darpanārāyaṇa: Tantrapradīpa Śāradātilakaṭīkā. L. 2172.
17) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Grahayāga^0 read vidhi instead of siddhi.
18) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Anumitimānasavādārtha. read L. 974. Anumitisaṃgraha. read Anumitisaṃgati, and add Ben. 170. Avachedakatānirukti. read Ii, 1428 instead of 428. Ātmatattvavivekadīdhitiṭīkā. delete L. 1090. Kāraṇatāvādārtha. L. 978. Tvatalādibhāvapratyayavicāra. read L. 2323. Nañartha^0 read Nānārtha^0. Navyamatavavādārtha. add L. 975. Niyojyānvayaṭīkā. Bhk. 34. Pūrvapakṣagranthaṭīkā. delete Ben. 204. Prāmāṇyavādaṭīkā. read Oppert. Ii, 1116 instead of 116. Muktivāda. read Oudh. Xi, 14. Viśeṣaṇajñānavādārtha. read thus. Viṣṇuprītivāda. K. 160. Vyutpattivāda. delete NW. 332. Siṃhavyāghrī. add L. 1008.
19) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—son of Kṛṣṇa Śarman, father of Narasiṃha (Kāvyādarśamuktāvalī, Tārābhaktisudhārṇava). See Kīrtikara.
20) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Rāyasiṃhaprakāśa [dharma]
21) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—called also Jñānānanda, pupil of Vimarśanātha, a pupil of Prakāśanātha, a pupil of Anantanātha: Tripurārcanamañjarī.
22) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—Vāsiṣṭhī śānti.
23) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—C. on Śrāddhakalpasūtra.
24) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—son of Nīlāmbara: Kālasāra [dharma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gadādhara (गदाधर):—[from gada > gad] 1. gadādhara mfn. having a sick lip, [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa]
2) [=gadā-dhara] [from gadā > gad] 2. gadā-dhara mfn. bearing a club, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā lviii, 34; Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
3) [v.s. ...] m. Kṛṣṇa (cf. kaumodakī), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, 8, 39]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a physician
5) [v.s. ...] of the author of the work Viṣaya-vicāra
6) [v.s. ...] of the father of Mukunda-priya and uncle of Rāmānanda
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGadādhara (गदाधर):—[gadā+dhara] (raḥ) 1. m. A name of Krishna.
[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 corpusGadādhara (ಗದಾಧರ):—[noun] Viṣṇu, who holds a mace as one of his weapons.
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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