Gadgada, Gadgadā: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Gadgada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Gadgadā (गद्गदा) refers to “shivering” and is a symptom caused by snake-bites (such as the Kumbhamaṇḍalī-snakes), according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Accordingly, the symptoms are described as follows: “Shivering (gadgadā), nasal speech, exhaustion caused by thirst and related discomfort, lack of co-ordination, yawning, fever, head-ache,trembling of the tongue, cold, pain due to burning sensation in the body and quivering of lips”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Gadgada (गद्गद):—[gadgadaḥ] Stuttering
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Gadgada (गद्गद) refers to “uttering”, according to Sāhib Kaul’s Śārikāstrotra.—Accordingly, “[...] He who recites after that syllable your name, Śārikā, followed by namaḥ, attains forever to that abode where, when reached, one never suffers again. I praise you; it is you in whom I take refuge. I serve the Goddess alone, the one power of all (powers). I utter (gadgada) my noisy stammering to you; I contemplate (you) who are everything, suitable for all, and everywhere. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gadgada (गद्गद) refers to “faltering (words)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.51 (“The resuscitation of Kāma”).—Accordingly, after Śiva spoke to Kāma: “On hearing these words of Śiva, Kāma was highly delighted. Humbly and in faltering (gadgada) accents he spoke with palms joined in reverence”.
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.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Gadgada (गद्गद) refers to the “choking (of the voice)” (as a result from intense joy), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting on horseback (āśvina) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (mṛgayā). [...] But something should be said in brief about hunting, for the diffusion of its knowledge. [...] The capture of birds from afar by means of hawks, and the sudden hitting by the arrows of bowmen, of moving and stationary objects, produce intense joy, which finds expression in tears, in the hair standing on the end, and in the choking of the voice (gadgada). [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
gadgada (गद्गद).—m S gadgadadhvani m S gadgadavāṇī f S Convulsive or emotional utterance; swelling and interrupted articulation; esp. violent sobbing or oppressed crying.
gadgada (गद्गद).—m Convulsive or emotional utter- ance; esp. violent sobbing or op- pressed crying.
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
Gadgada (गद्गद).—a.
1) Stammering, stuttering, faltering; तत्किं रोदिषि गद्गदेन वचसा (tatkiṃ rodiṣi gadgadena vacasā) Amaruśataka 57; गद्गदगलत्त्र्युठ्यद्विलीनाक्षरं को देहीति वदेत् (gadgadagalattryuṭhyadvilīnākṣaraṃ ko dehīti vadet) Bhartṛhari 3.8; सानन्दगद्गदपदं हरिरित्युवाच (sānandagadgadapadaṃ harirityuvāca) Gītagovinda 1.
-dam ind. In a faltering or stammering tone; विललाप स बाष्पगद्गदम् (vilalāpa sa bāṣpagadgadam) R.8.43; °नदत् (nadat) Uttararāmacarita 2.3 producing a gurgling sound.
-daḥ, -dam 1 stammering.
2) Indistinct or convulsive speech; सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य (sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11.35.
Gadgada (गद्गद).—i. e. duplicated 1. gad + a, adj., f. dā, Ealtering, [Suśruta] 2, 254, 10; [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 3, 13.
Gadgada (गद्गद).—[adjective] & [neuter] stammering; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]
1) Gadgada (गद्गद):—[from gad] mf(ā)n. stammering, stuttering (said of persons and of utterances), [Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] n. stammering, indistinct or convulsive utterance (as sobbing etc.), [ib.]
Gadgada (गद्गद):—(daḥ) 1. m. Sobbing.
Gadgada (गद्गद):—(von 1. gad mit Redupl.) adj. f. ā stammelnd; unter Stammeln ausgesprochen; subst. n. Gestammel: āvṛtya vāyuḥ sakapho dhamanīḥ śabdavāhinīḥ . narāṃkarotyakriyakānmūkaminmiṇagadgadān ([Śabdakalpadruma]: minmina) .. [Suśruta 1, 257, 8.] vāṣpagadgadaḥ (uktvā) [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 8, 194.] (anasūyā) harṣagadgadā [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 3, 13.] tatkiṃ rodiṣi gadgadena vacasā [Amaruśataka 53.] gadgadaśabdastu vilapan [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 42, 26.] gadgadadhvani [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 118.] gadgadavāc adj. [Suśruta 2, 254, 10.] gadagadavākyatā (sic) [260, 17.] sānandagadgadapadaṃ harirityuvāca [Gītagovinda 10, 1.] vacanaṃ harṣagadgadam [Mahābhārata 3, 10802.] harṣagadgadayā vācā [Arjunasamāgama 3, 2.] vākyaṃ vāṣpagadgadam [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 25, 10. 5, 56, 108.] [Mahābhārata 3, 15381.] vāṣpagadgadabhāṣiṇī [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 19, 29. 5, 36, 10. 6, 101, 19.] vilalāpa savāṣpagadgadam ([Stenzler]: sa vā) [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 43.] madasaṃmadapīḍādyaisvaryaṃ gadgadaṃ viduḥ [Sāhityadarpana 63, 7. 72, 8.] gadgadagalaḥ [Bhartṛhari 3, 22.] bhūrigadgadaṃ bhāṣate vacaḥ [Pañcatantra I, 223.] sagadgadam (āha) [Bhagavadgītā 11, 35.] [Pañcatantra 43, 16.]
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Gadgada (गद्गद):—stotternd (von einer Person) [ŚIKṢĀ 19] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 268.]
Gadgada (गद्गद):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) stammelnd , stotternd (von Personen und Reden). —
2) n. Gestammel.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Gadgada (गद्गद):—(a) overwhelmed (by ecstatic emotion), in ecstasy; ~[kaṃṭha] (emotionally) choked throat; -[svara] (emotionally) chocked voice.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Gadgada (ಗದ್ಗದ):—[noun] a speaking with broken voice (as from grief, excessive joy, etc.); the sound of the one that sobs; indistinct or convulsive utterance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gadgadabhashana, Gadgadabhashin, Gadgadadhvani, Gadgadagai, Gadgadagala, Gadgadaka, Gadgadapada, Gadgadaruddha, Gadgadashabda, Gadgadasvana, Gadgadasvara, Gadgadata, Gadgadate, Gadgadatva, Gadgadavac, Gadgadavakya, Gadgadayati.
Full-text (+13): Hamsagadgada, Gadgadasvara, Gadgadavac, Gadgadadhvani, Gadgadapada, Gadgadata, Gadgadatva, Sagadgada, Gadgadashabda, Gadgadabhashin, Gadgadabhashana, Gadgadavakya, Sagadgadam, Gadgadagala, Gadgadya, Vakyata, Sabashpagadgadam, Bhurigadgadam, Harshagadgada, Gadgadaruddha.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 252 < [Kannada-English-Malayalam (1 volume)]
Page 520 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 1]
Page 173 < [Malayalam-English (1 volume)]
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 11.35 < [Chapter 11 - Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga (beholding the Lord’s Universal Form)]
Lotus Sutra (by Tsugunari Kubo)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.8.190 < [Chapter 8 - The Manifestation of Opulences]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.6.64 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Verse 1.6.12 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Verse 1.5.75 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
A study on role of vak-shuddhikar churna in management of childhood speech disorders with special reference to stuttering < [2016, Issue X October]
Effect of virudha ahara as dooshivisha in the manifestation of twakvikaras-a survey study < [2017, Issue XI November,]
Conceptual study of nasya karma in panchakarma w.s.r. to brihattrayi < [2014, Issue III May-June]