Alternative spellings of this word include Nagad.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Nagada in the Gujurati language is another name for Sinduvāra, a medicinal plant identified with Vitex negundo Linn. (or ‘chaste tree’) from the Lamiaceae or “mint” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.151-152 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Gujurati word Nagada, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which eighteen are in Sanskrit.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nagada (नगद).—n ( A) Ready money or cash. 2 It forms a few compounds; as nagadadāginē m pl (Trinkets viewed as equivalent to hard cash.) The best or most valuable trinkets (as picked from a number). nagadapaisā m Ready money. nagada- māla, nagadāmāla, nagadīmāla m Ready property, i. e. cash or articles (such as jewels and trinkets) readily convertible into cash. 2 Hence The prime or choice portion of anything. N. B. It will be found yet more freely used in the sense of Choice, prime, exquisite, nice; as nagada āmbē, nagada bhāṇḍīṃ, nagada sanaṅgēṃ, nagada nivālā, nagada jēvaṇa-khāṇēṃ -pakkānna. na0 hōūna basaṇēṃ (To constitute all the cash or property in one's own person.) To be bankrupt.

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nagadā (नगदा).—m A sort of glass-bracelet.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nagada (नगद).—n Ready money or cash. The prime or choice portion of anything. nagada hōūna basanēṃ (To constitute all the cash or property in one's own person.) To be bankrupt.

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nagadā (नगदा).—m A sort of glass-bracelet.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Nagada (नगद) [Also spelled nagad]:—(a and nm) see [nakada].

2) Nagāḍā (नगाडा):—(nm) a big kettle-drum, timbal, tomtom; ~[ḍe kī coṭa para] openly, publicly.

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Starts with (+26): Nagada-rina, Nagada-suci, Nagadagosavi, Nagadaha, Nagadala, Nagadalabha, Nagadalapam, Nagadalchini, Nagadale, Nagadali, Nagadalopama, Nagadaman, Nagadamana, Nagadamani, Nagadaminee, Nagadamini, Nagadamni, Nagadana, Nagadanagada, Nagadanagadi.

Ends with: Aginagada, Anagada, Bhanagada, Kanagada, Nagadanagada, Nakata, Phanagada, Ranagada, Trinagada, Ughadanagada.

Full-text: Nakta, Nagad-suchi, Nagadanagada, Nagadanagadi, Nagad, Nakata, Sinduvara, Nilanirgundi, Nau.

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