Gharghara, Ghargharā: 19 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Gharghar.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gharghara (घर्घर) refers to “various kinds of noise”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.21 (“Description of the Special War”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “[...] On seeing him afflicted, the powerful Vīrabhadra accompanied by a crore [Bhūtas] rushed in. The Kūṣmāṇḍas, Bhairavas, Vetālas, Yoginīs, Piśācas, Ḍākinīs and Gaṇas came there with him. The Earth, resonant with various kinds of noise (gharghara), shouts of joy, leonine roars and the sounds of Ḍamarukas, quaked. Then the Bhūtas ran here and there devouring the Dānavas. They jumped up and danced in the battle field and threw the Asura on the ground. [...]”.
Ghargharā (घर्घरा).—Sacred to Pitṛs.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 22. 35.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaivism
Gharghara (घर्घर) refers to one of the ten kinds of sounds (śabda) according to the Padārthādarśā of Rāghavabhaṭṭa.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Gharghara (घर्घर) or Ghargharasvara refers to “one who has an indistinct voice”, representing an undesirable characteristic of an Ācārya, according to the 9th-century Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra Ādikāṇḍa chapter 3.—The Lord said:—“I will tell you about the Sthāpakas endowed with perverse qualities. He should not construct a temple with those who are avoided in this Tantra. [...] He should not be stupid, have a fat lip, be one who spits, or have an indistinct voice (gharghara-svara), nor have a tumor, nor be a charmer nor be deformed, proud or deaf. [...] A god enshrined by any of these named above (viz., gharghara-svara), is in no manner a giver of fruit. If a building for Viṣṇu is made anywhere by these excluded types (viz., gharghara-svara) then that temple will not give rise to enjoyment and liberation and will yield no reward, of this there is no doubt”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shaktism
Gharghara (घर्घर) refers to one of the eight Guardians (kṣetrapāla-aṣṭaka) associated with Nādapīṭha (identified with Kulūta), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] The eight Guardians (kṣetrapālāṣṭaka): Ekapāda, Budbuda, Ghaṇṭāvādanaka, Ghora, Gharghara, Valkala, Līla, Laṅkeśvara.—(Note the variant Gharghararāva)
Ghargharā (घर्घरा) refers to one of the “thousand names of Kumārī”, as mentioned in the Kumārīsahasranāma, which is included in the 10th chapter of the first part (prathamabhāga) of the Rudrayāmala-Uttaratantra: an ancient Tantric work primarily dealing with the practice of Kuṇḍalinī-yoga, the worship of Kumārī and discussions regarding the Cakras. This edition is said to be derived of the Rudrayāmalatantra and consists of 6000 verses in 90 chapters (paṭalas) together with the Saralā-Hindīvyākhyopetam (i.e., the Rudrayamalam Uttaratantram with Sarala Hindi translation).—Ghargharā is mentioned in śloka 1.10.38.—The chapter notes that one is granted the rewards obtained by reciting the text even without the performance of pūjā (worship), japa, snāna (bathing) and puraścaryā.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Kavya (poetry)
Gharghara (घर्घर) refers to a “raucous (clanging)”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 224).—Accordingly, “[From afar] Candrāpīḍa first sees a ‘crimson ensign’, inscribing the sky with a gold trident, from which swung a terrifying bell making a raucous clanging (gharghara-rava) that dangled down from an iron chain attached to the tip, arranged with a yak-tail whisk as splendid as a lion’s mane”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
gharghara (घर्घर).—m S One of the male nada, the river Gogra.
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
Gharghara (घर्घर).—a.
1) Indistinct, purring, gurgling (as a sound); घर्घररवा पारश्मशानं सरित् (gharghararavā pāraśmaśānaṃ sarit) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.19; Uttararāmacarita 4.29; Mṛcchakaṭika 6.2; Kathāsaritsāgara 25.66; Rāj. T.2.99.
2) Murmuring, muttering (as clouds).
-raḥ 1 An indistinct or low murmur, a low, murmuring or gurgling sound.
2) Noise in general.
3) A door, gate.
4) Creaking, crackling, rattling &c.
5) The pass of a mountain.
6) A sliding door, curtain.
7) Mirth, laughter.
8) An owl or a duck.
9) A fire of chaff.
1) A particular form of a temple; Hch.2.
11) The river Gogra.
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Ghargharā (घर्घरा).—
1) A bell used as an ornament.
2) A girdle of small bells.
3) The Ganges.
4) A kind of lute.
5) A bell hanging on the neck of a horse.
6) One of the notes in music (n. also).
See also (synonyms): ghargharī.
Gharghara (घर्घर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) One of the tones or notes in music. m.
(-raḥ) 1. The pass of a mountain. 2. A door, a gate. 3. An owl. 4. The name of a river, the Gogra or Ghogra. 5. Sound. 6. Laughter, mirth. 7. A fire of straw or chaff. f. (-rā or -rī) A girdle of small bells or tinkling ornaments worn by women. f.
(-rā) A kind of lute. E. ghargha here said to said to imply an inarticulate sound, gurling, &c. and rā to give or take, affix ka also with kan added ghargharaka. gharghetyanukaraṇaśabdaṃ rāti . rāka .
Gharghara (घर्घर).— (based on an imitative sound), m. An inarticulate sound, rattling, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 2, 99; gurgling, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 25, 66 (perhaps adj.).
Gharghara (घर्घर).—[adjective] gurgling.
1) Gharghara (घर्घर):—mfn. (onomatopoetic) uttered with an indistinct gurgling or purring sound, [Kathāsaritsāgara xxv, 66]
2) sounding like gurgling, [Rājataraṅgiṇī ii, 99]
3) (in music applied to a particular note)
4) m. an indistinct murmur, crackling (of fire), rattling (of a carriage), creaking, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) laughter, mirth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) a duck (‘an owl’ [Brāhmaṇa]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) a fire of chaff, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) a curtain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) a door, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) the post round which the rope of a churning stick is wound, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
11) a particular form of a temple, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi ii, 1, 390]
12) the river Gogra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) Ghargharā (घर्घरा):—[from gharghara] a f. a bell hanging on the neck of a horse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) [from gharghara] b f. of ra q.v.
Gharghara (घर्घर):—(raḥ) 1. m. The pass of a mountain; a door; sound; mirth; an owl; Ghogra river. f. (rā-rī) Girdle of bells; fire of straw; a tone in music. (rā) A lute.
Gharghara (घर्घर):—(onomatop.)
1) m. a) Geknister, Gerassel u.s.w. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 551. fg.] f. [Medinīkoṣa r. 152.] caṇḍairḍamaranirghoṣairghargharaṃ śrutavāndhvanim [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 99.] babhāṣe harṣavāṣpāmbughargharākṣarajarjaram [Kathāsaritsāgara 25, 66.] Hier wohl eher adj. gegurgelt, unter Gegurgel hervorgebracht. - Gelächter [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 296.] — b) Eule [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Spreufeuer [Bhūriprayoga im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Vorhang (caladvār) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Thür [Medinīkoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma] giebt caladvār durch parvatadvāra wieder und [WILSON] hat diesem entsprechend: Gebirgspass. Offenbar haben sie acaladvār gelesen, was wohl in [Medinīkoṣa] denkbar ist, aber nicht in [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha], da hier das Wort am Anfange des Verses steht. vastraghargharī wird [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 239] und [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 373] zur Erklärung von calanī ein Unterrock von Frauenzimmern niederen Standes gebraucht. Schliesslich ist noch zu bemerken, dass wohl ein Vorhang, aber nicht ein Gebirgspass nach einem Geräusch benannt sein könne. — e) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) f. ā eine Glocke am Halse eines Pferdes [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 46.] —
3) f. (ohne Angabe der Form) a) als Schmuck verwandte Glöckchen (ghargharī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 134]). — b) eine Art Laute [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. ghuraghurāy, ghurghuraka, ghurghurāy, ghāṭarī .
Gharghara (घर्घर):——
1) Adj. rasselnd , schnarrend. —
2) m. — a) *Gerassel. — b) Gelächter. raṇadghardhara Adj. zu vermuthen [Indische sprüche 991.] — c) *Ente. — d) *Spreufeuer. — e) *Vorhang. — f) *Thür. — g) *der Pfosten , um den sich der Strick des Butterstössels windet , Gal. — h) eine best. Tempelform [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2,58,11.] — i) Nomen proprium eines Flusses. —
3) *f. ā eine Glocke am Halse eines Pferdes. —
4) f. ī — a) wohl ein best. Kleidungsstück [Bhojaprabandha 56,23.] — b) *als Schmuck verwandtes Glöckchen. —
5) *f. ā oder ī eine Art Laute. —
6) n. eine Art Cymbel [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 198.]
Gharghara (घर्घर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ghagghara.
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
Gharghara (घर्घर) [Also spelled gharghar]:—(nf) rumble; gurgle; snorting sound.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Gharghara (ಘರ್ಘರ):—[adjective] unpleasantly sharp or rough; grating to the ear; harsh.
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Gharghara (ಘರ್ಘರ):—[noun] a harsh, indistinct, grating sound.
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Gharghara (ಘರ್ಘರ):—[noun] = ಘರ್ಘರಿ [gharghari].
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)
Starts with (+0): Ghargharaahat, Ghargharadhvani, Ghargharadhvanicapala, Ghargharaka, Ghargharana, Gharghararava, Ghargharasvara, Gharghareshvara.
Full-text (+9): Gharghararava, Aghargharam, Parighargharam, Ghargharadhvani, Ghargharita, Ghargharaka, Gharghari, Parighurgharam, Ghurghara, Ghagghara, Ghargharya, Carmagharghara, Sarayu, Gharghar, Ghuraghuray, Gharghareshvara, Saptanada, Ghantavadanaka, Ratnavaha, Lankeshvara.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 6 - The Greatness of Svargadvāra and Gopratāra < [Section 8 - Ayodhyā-māhātmya]
Chapter 29 - Gaṅgā-Sahasranāma (A Thousand Names of Gaṅgā) < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Chapter 364 - Greatness of Gharghara-Hrada and Kandeśvara < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
12. The river Sarayu and its present status < [Chapter 6 - Changing trends of the Rivers from Vedic to Purāṇic Age]
10. Various other rivers in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 588 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Page 756 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 1]
Page 350 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 3]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 8.13.84 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Verses 1.13.1-2 < [Chapter 13 - The Liberation of Pūtanā]
Rural and Agricultural Glossary (by William Crooke)
Page 116 < [Rural and Architectural Glossary (pages)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.3.100 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]