Gardhana: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGardhana (गर्धन).—a. Covetous, greedy; कपिश्चङ्क्रमणोऽद्यापि नाऽसौ भवति गर्धनः (kapiścaṅkramaṇo'dyāpi nā'sau bhavati gardhanaḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 7.16. -m Desire; अस्याः करस्पर्धन- गर्धनर्द्धिः (asyāḥ karaspardhana- gardhanarddhiḥ) N. 7.71.
See also (synonyms): gardhita.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGardhana (गर्धन) or Garddhana.—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) covetous. Greedy. E. gṛdh to be greedy, affix yuc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gardhana (गर्धन):—[from gardha] mf(ā)n. greedy, covetous, [Pāṇini 3-2, 150; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya vii, 16]
2) Gardhanā (गर्धना):—[from gardhana > gardha] f. greediness, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGardhana (ಗರ್ಧನ):—
1) [noun] too great a desire to have something; greed; avarice.
2) [noun] a greedy, covetous man.
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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