Gardha: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGardha (गर्ध).—[gṛdh-ghañ ac vā]
1) Desire, eagerness.
2) Greediness; चञ्चच्चञ्चूधृतार्धच्युतपिशितलवग्राससंबद्धगर्धैः (cañcaccañcūdhṛtārdhacyutapiśitalavagrāsasaṃbaddhagardhaiḥ) Nāg.4.18.
Derivable forms: gardhaḥ (गर्धः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryGārdha (गार्ध).—nt. (so Mironov without v.l.) or gārdhā, f., desire: Mahāvyutpatti 2227 = Tibetan zhen pa. In [Boehtlingk] 7.338 this is called an error for gārdhya; but the latter is recorded only once in Sanskrit ([Boehtlingk and Roth] 7.1738), and a vṛddhi formation in suffixal -a is as natural as one in -ya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGardha (गर्ध) or Garddha.—m.
(-rddhaḥ) 1. Eagerness, greediness. 2. The Parspipal: see gardhabhāṇḍa. E. gṛdh to desire, to be greedy, affix ghañ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGardha (गर्ध).—[masculine] eagerness, desire of (—°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gardha (गर्ध):—m. (√gṛdh) desire, greediness, eagerness (ifc.), [Pāṇini 7-4, 34; Kathāsaritsāgara; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha xv, 213; Naiṣadha-carita vii, 71]
2) = gardabhāṇḍaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gardha-bhanda, Gardhaba, Gardhabha, Gardhabhavisha, Gardhabhi, Gardhana, Gardhane, Gardhapatra, Gardharajita, Gardhavasas.
Ends with: Alagardha, Aligardha, Caturbhagardha, Parigardha.
Full-text: Gardhita, Aligardha, Gardhin, Gardhravasas, Gardha-bhanda, Gardhana, Garddhin, Gardh, Alagardha, Aligarddha, Gardhrayatra, Aligarda, Gardhra, Gandha, Garddha.
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Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
Sūtra 2.7-8 [Rāga—attachment and Dveśa—aversion] < [Book II - Sādhana-pāda]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXL - Description of the race of puru < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]