Alternative spellings of this word include Garad.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Garada (गरद) refers to “poison”, according to the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi [i.e., Cakrasamvara Meditation] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “An enemy's lopped head! Pouring poison in the mouth (mukha-garada-sṛja), a sweet loose roar, Raised left above the jaws, in the most beautiful way, a face fixed in anger”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

garaḍā (गरडा).—m A low eructation &c. See garaḍhaī. 2 The utterance and heaving (of a dying person or animal).

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garada (गरद).—a ad & n Derived and applied as gaḍada, but it is less common.

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garadā (गरदा).—m ( H) Dry and crumbled hemp-tops or tobacco-leaves. 2 With kusuṃvyācā. The residuum of an infusion of hemp-tops &c. 3 N. D. Used for gardī throughout.

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garāḍā (गराडा).—m A body (as of troops) forming a line of investment; an encircling wall, hedge, fence. v ghāla, kara. 2 Sitting in investment. v ghāla, dē, paḍa. 3 A bar, a rail. See above garādā.

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garādā (गरादा).—m A bar &c. See garāja.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

garadā (गरदा).—m Dry and crumbled to bacco-leaves or hemp-tops.

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garāḍā (गराडा).—m A body (as of trees) forming a line of investment; an encircling wall. Sitting in investment. v ghāla, dē, paḍa.

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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 dictionary

Garada (गरद).—a. poisoning, giving poison.

-daḥ, -dam poison; अगारदाही गरदः (agāradāhī garadaḥ) Manusmṛti 3.158; किं कुर्मः कं प्रति ब्रूमो गरदायां स्वमातरि (kiṃ kurmaḥ kaṃ prati brūmo garadāyāṃ svamātari) Udb.

Garada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gara and da (द).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Garada (गरद).—mfn.

(-da-dā-daṃ) 1. A poisoner. poisoning. 2. Unwholesome, occasioning sickness. n.

(-daṃ) Poison. E. gara poison, and da who gives.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Garada (गरद).—[gara + da] (vb. dā), m. A giver of poison, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 158.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Garada (गरद).—[adjective] giving poison, [masculine] poisoner.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Garada (गरद):—[=gara-da] [from gara] mfn. occasioning sickness, unwholesome, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘giving poison’, a poisoner, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xv, 18; Manu-smṛti iii, 158; Mahābhārata v, xiii etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] n. poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Garada (गरद):—[gara-da] (daḥ-dā-daṃ) a. Poisoning; unwholesome. n. Poison.

[Sanskrit to German]

Garada in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Gārada (गारद) [Also spelled garad]:—(nf) a guard (of soldiers); watch; —[biṭhānā] to deploy a guard.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Garada (ಗರದ):—[noun] a man who feeds, administers poison.

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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)

Partial matches: Gara, Da, Ta.

Starts with: Garadabevu, Garadagapa, Garadana, Garadaniyam, Garadasrij, Garadata, Garadattaka.

Ends with: Agarada, Gangarada, Hagarada, Kalgarada, Nangarada, Patal garada, Pongarada, Ratrijagarada, Rugarada, Sammana-garada.

Full-text: Patal garada, Agara, Srij, Garaja, Garata, Da.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 3.158 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]

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