Garadhika, Garādhikā, Gara-adhika: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Garādhikā (गराधिका).—

1) the insect called Lākṣā.

2) the red dye obtained from it.

Garādhikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gara and adhikā (अधिका).

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

Garādhikā (गराधिका).—f.

(-kā) Lac, the animal red dye so called.

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

Garādhikā (गराधिका):—[from gara] f. the insect called Lākṣā or the red dye obtained from it, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio] garāṣikā).

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

Garādhikā (गराधिका):—[garā-dhikā] (kā) 1. f. Lac.

[Sanskrit to German]

Garadhika in German

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