Gavyadridha, Gavyadṛḍha, Gavya-dridha: 4 definitions

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Gavyadridha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Gavyadṛḍha can be transliterated into English as Gavyadrdha or Gavyadridha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gavyadridha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Gavyadṛḍha (गव्यदृढ).—m. (Sanskrit Lex. = gorocanā), a yellow dye made from the bile of cattle: Mahāvyutpatti 5929, in a list of dye- stuffs (Tibetan spyin, defined in Dictt. only as paste, glue).

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

Gavyadṛḍha (गव्यदृढ):—[=gavya-dṛḍha] [from gavya > gav] the bile-stone of cattle (used as a colouring substance; cf. go-rocanā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Gavyadridha 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.

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