The Sanskrit term Gṛddhi can be transliterated into English as Grddhi or Griddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (ayurveda)

Gṛddhi (गृद्धि) refers to the “desire” (for a particular taste), according to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Khilasthāna, verse 9.43-45ab) in a chapter on abdominal swelling caused by vitiation of the blood.—Accordingly, “Listen to the cause of that which produces the cravings [of a seemingly pregnant woman with raktagulma]. Generally, there is desire for those tastes which cause an increase of the bodily constituents because of the true similarity of their origin. [When] the vitiated blood has a Vāta or Pitta [imbalance] and is accumulating, it fuels desire (gṛddhi) for tastes such as [those which are] acrid, sour, salty and so on”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Gṛddhi (गृद्धि).—f. (= Pali giddhi), greed, eager desirc: Mahāvyutpatti 2226; Śikṣāsamuccaya 39.15 (not ‘for gṛdhyam’ as Bendall's note suggests); 137.4; Bodhisattvabhūmi 129.19; Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 92.2; Jātakamālā 136.9.

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

Gṛddhi (गृद्धि):—[from gṛdh] f. greediness, [Mahā-vyutpatti]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Gṛddhi (गृद्धि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Giddhi, Gehi.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Griddhika, Griddhin, Griddhitva.

Ends with: Anugriddhi, Jatigriddhi, Styanagriddhi.

Full-text: Gehi, Giddhi, Griddhitva, Jatigriddhi, Desire.

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