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gāगाf. a song, [L.]
cl. 3. P. jígāti ([RV.]; jagāti, [Naigh. ii, 14] (v.l.); Subj. jígāt; Impv. jígātu; aor. agāt; 3. pl. agan, [BhP. i, 9, 40]; Subj. [1. sg. geṣam, see anu- and upa-], 2. sg. gā́s, 3. sg. gāt, 2. pl. gātá, 3. pl. gur; [perf. jigāya, see ud-], perf. Pot. jagāyāt [[Naigh. ii, 14]] [RV. x, 28, 1]; inf. gā́tave, [RV. ii, 3, 1]; in Class. Sanskṛt only the aor. P. agāt occurs, for Ā. See adhi-; aor. Pass. agāyi, agāsātām, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 45] and [77]; cl. 2. P. gā́ti, [Naigh. ii, 14]; Ā. gāte, [Dhātup. xxii, 53]) to go, go towards, come, approach (with acc. or loc.), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to go after, pursue, [RV. iv, 3, 13]; [x, 18, 4]; to fall to one's (dat.) share, be one's (acc.) due, [viii, 45, 32]; [Ragh. xi, 73]; to come into any state or condition (acc.), undergo, obtain, [MBh. iii, 10697]; [R.] &c.; to go away (from abl.; to any place loc.), [RV. x, 108, 9]; to come to an end, [Naiṣ. viii, 109]; to walk (on a path acc. or instr.), [RV. viii, 2, 39] and [5, 39]; (jigāti) to be born, [Vop.] on [Dhātup. xxv, 25] : Desid. jigīṣati, to desire to go, [BhP. ii, 10, 25];
[cf. βίβημι, ἔβην; Old Germ. gām, gās, &c.; Goth. ga-tvo; Eng. to go.]
mfn. Ved. ifc. ‘going’ (cf. a-gā; agre-, tamo-, puro-, samana- and svasti-gā́), [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 67.]
mfn. (√ gai) ifc. ‘singing’, see sāma-gā
f. See s.v. 3. ga.
gādhगाध्(cf. √ gāh) cl. 1. Ā. °dhate, to stand firmly, stay, remain, [Dhātup. ii, 3]; to set out for (acc.), [Bhaṭṭ. viii, 1]; [xxii, 2]; to desire (cf. √ gardh), [Dhātup.]; to compile, string together, [ib.]
gāṃगां(acc. of gó, q.v.)
gāhगाह्(cf. √ gādh) cl. 1. Ā. gā́hate (ep. also P. °hati; perf. jagāhe fut. 2nd gāhiṣyate [fut. 1st -gāhitā, or -gāḍhā, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 44]]; aor. agāhiṣṭa [[Bhaṭṭ. xv, 59]] or agāḍha, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 13], Sch. [not in [Kāś.]]; inf. gāhitum) to dive into, bathe in, plunge into (acc.), penetrate, enter deeply into (acc.), [AitBr. iii, 48, 9]; [TāṇḍyaBr. xiv f.]; [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c. (with kakṣām, ‘to be a match for (gen.)’, [Vcar. ii, 11]); to roam, range, rove, [Megh. 49]; [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 30], [Kāś.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to be absorbed in (acc.), [Kum. v, 46.]
gādhaगाधmf(A)n. (ifc. [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 4]) offering firm standing-ground, fordable (as a river), not very deep, shallow, [KauṣBr. ii, 9]; [Nir.]; [MBh.] &c.
gādhá (ám), n. ground for standing on in water, shallow place, ford, [RV.]; [TS. iv]; [ŚBr. xii]; [TāṇḍyaBr.] &c. (with bhāradvājasya N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.])
(as), m. id., [R. v, 94, 12]
= sthāna, [L.]
desire, cupidity, [L.]
m. pl. N. of a people, [AV.Pariś. li, 22.]
gādhiगाधिm. for °dhin, [MBh. iii], [ix], [xii f.]; [Hariv.]; [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 104]; [Pat.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
m. pl. the descendants of Gādhi, [ix, 16, 32.]
°dhin, °dheya See 3. gā.
gāḍhaगाढSee √ gāh.
mfn. dived into, bathed in [Ragh. ix, 72]
‘deeply entered’, pressed together, tightly drawn, closely fastened, close, fast (opposed to śithila), [MBh. iv, 152] (said of a bow), [R.]; [Ragh.] &c.
thick, dense, [L.]
strong, vehement, firm, [MBh.] &c.
gāthāगाथाgā́thā f. id., [RV.]
a verse, stanza (especially one which is neither Ṛc, nor Sāman, nor Yajus, a verse not belonging to the Vedas, but to the epic poetry of legends or Ākhyānas, such as the Śunaḥśepa-Ākhyāna or the [Suparṇ.]), [AV.]; [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
the metrical part of a Sūtra, [Buddh.]
N. of the Āryā metre
any metre not enumerated in the regular treatises on prosody (cf. ṛg-gāthā, ṛju-gātha, yajña-gāthā.)
f. of °thá, q.v.
gā́thā See 3. gā.
gāthaगाथgāthá as, m. a song, [RV. i, 167, 6] and [ix, 11, 4]; [SV.]
gāthá See 3. gā.
gāthiगाथि(in comp. for °thin, q.v.)
gādiगादिm. patr. fr. gada, g. bāhv-ādi.
gāhīगाहीf. g. gaurādi ([Gaṇar.])
gāhaगाहmfn. (g. pacādi) ifc. ‘diving into’, see uda-, udaka-
m. depth, interior, innermost recess, [RV. ix, 110, 8]
gājaगाजn. a multitude of elephants, [Gaṇar. 83], Sch.
gālīगालीf. pl. = °li, [Rājat. vii, 1172.]
gālaगालm. flowing, liquefying, [W.]
dropping, [W.]
a flux, [W.]
mfn. produced with the throat, [L.]
& 2. See √ & 2. gal.
gāliगालिf. pl. reviling speech, invectives, execrations, [Bhartṛ.]; [Rājat. vi, 157.]
&c. See 2. gālana.
gānaगानn. singing, song, [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy. i], [vii]; [Hariv. 11793]; [Śiś. ix, 54]
a sound, [L.] (cf. araṇya-, ūha-, ūhya-.)
1.
gāraगारn. N. of a Sāman (composed by Gara), [TāṇḍyaBr. ix, 2, 16] (cf. madra-g°.)
gātṛगातृm. a singer, [ChUp. i, 6, 8]; [Hariv. 3051]; [R. vii, 94, 9]
(= gātú) a Gandharva, [L.]
the male Koïl, [L.]
a bee, [L.]
an angry man, [L.]
N. of a man with the patr. Gautama, [VBr. ii, 2.]
gātuगातुgātú us, m. going, motion, unimpeded motion, [RV.]; [AV. x, 2, 12]
way, course, egress, access, [RV.] (rarely f., [i, 136, 2] and [v, 32, 10]), [AV. xiii]; [VS. ii, 21]
progress, increase, welfare, [RV.]; [AV. ii]; [ŚBr. i]
free space for moving, place of abode (‘earth’, [Naigh.]), [RV.]; [AV. x], [xiii]
(for gā́tave See s.v. √ 1. gā; cf. áriṣṭa-g°, turá-g°, su-g°.)
gātú m. a song, [RV.]
a singer ([i, 100, 4.] ?), [Uṇ. i, 73]
a Gandharva or celestial chorister, [ib.]
the male Koïl or Indian cuckoo, [ib.]
a bee, [ib.]
N. of a descendant of Atri (author of [RV. v, 32]), [RAnukr.]
gātú mfn. angry, wrathful, [L.]
gātú &c. See √ 1. gā & 3. gā.
gāvīगावीf. (in dialect) for gó, a cow, [Pat. Introd.] 35; 94; 97, and on Vārtt. 6.
gāyaगायSee uru-g°.
n. ‘a song’, see uttama-, sāma-.
1. and 2. . See √ 1. gā and 3. gā.
, mfn. relating to Gaya, [AitBr. v, 2, 12.]
gādhinगाधिन्m. (= gāthín) N. of Viśvā-mitra's father (king of Kānyakubja), [MBh. i], [iii]; [R. i, 20, 5.]
gāṅgīगाङ्गीf. N. of Durgā (vv.ll. gārgī and gaṅgā), [Hariv. 10243.]
gāṅgūगाङ्गूm. N. of a thief, [Kathārṇ. xi.]
gāṅgaगाङ्गmf(I)n. (fr. gáṅgā), being in or on the Ganges, coming from or belonging or relating to the Ganges, [MBh.] (hrada, [v, 996]), [R.]; [Kum. v, 37] &c.
m. (g. śivādi) metron. of Bhīṣma (cf. gāṅgāyani), [Hariv. 1824]
of Skanda or Kārttikeya, [L.]
n. (scil. ambu) rain-water of a peculiar kind (supposed to be from the heavenly Ganges), [Suśr. i, 45, 1, 1]
gāṅgiगाङ्गिv.l. for °gāyani ([Pravar. ii, 4, 1]).
gāḍhamगाढम्ind. (in comp. a-) tightly, closely, firmly, [Mṛcch.]; [Megh.]; [Suśr.] &c.
strongly, much, very much, excessively, heavily, [MBh.] &c.
gāṇḍīगाण्डीf. ([Pāṇ. v, 2, 110]) ‘a rhinoceros’ or = ‘vajra-granthi’, [MBh. v, 3540], Sch.
gāthinगाथिन्gāthín mfn. familiar with songs, singer, [RV. i, 7, 1]; [MBh. ii, 1450]
gāthín (ī), m. ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 165]) N. of Viśvā-mitra's father (son of Kuśika), [RAnukr.]
gāthín m. pl. (inas) the descendants of Gāthin, [AitBr. vii, 18] (v.l.)
gāthín See 3. gā.
gāhyaगाह्यmfn. See dur-g°.
gālinगालिन्mfn. distilling, fusing, [W.]
mfn. reviling, abusive, [W.]
gāmanगामन्See dyumad-g°.
See dyumad-g°.
gāminगामिन्mfn. going anywhere (local adv. [[MBh. i]] or acc. [[Pāṇ. ii, 3, 70], [Kāś.]] or prati, [MBh. iv])
(in the following meanings only) ifc. ([Pāṇ. ii, 1, 24], Vārtt. 1) going or moving on or in or towards or in any peculiar manner, [Mn. iii, 10]; [MBh.] &c.
having sexual intercourse with, [Yājñ. ii, 234] (cf. mātṛ-g°)
reaching or extending to, [R. v]; [VarBṛS.]
coming to one's share, due, [Yājñ. ii]; [MBh. xiii]; [Hariv.]; [Śak.] &c.
attaining, obtaining, [Mālav. v, 12/13]
directed towards, [Mn. xi, 56]; [Bhag. viii, 8]
relating to, [MBh. ii, 26]; [Sāh. vi, 180] (cf. agra-, anta-, anya-, āśu-, ṛtu-, kāma-.)
gāndīगान्दीf. = °dinī, q.v.
gāntuगान्तुm. for gātu, a singer, [Uṇvṛ.]
gā°ntu See [ib.]
m. (√ gam) a traveller, [Uṇ.]
gārbhaगार्भmfn. (fr. gárbha), born from a womb, [BhP. iii, 7, 27]
relating to a foetus or to gestation, [Mn. ii, 27.]
gārgāगार्गाf. of °ga, [iv, 1, 147], Vārtt. 6 f., [Pat.]
gārgīगार्गीgā́rgī f. of the patr. gārgya ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 16] and [vi, 4, 150]), N. of Vācaknavī (cf. gargī), [ŚBr. xiv]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
Durgā, [Hariv. 10243]
gā́rgī f. du. Gārgī and Gārgyāyaṇa, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 66], [Kāś.]
gā́rgī f. of °gya See gārga.
ind. fr. °gya.
f. See s.v. gārga
gārgaगार्गmfn. fr. gārgya (with saṅgha, aṅka, and lakṣaṇa), [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 127]
(with ghoṣa) Vārtt. 1
m. contemptuous metron. fr. gārgī, [1, 147], Sch. (gārgya, [Kāś.])
mf(I)n. composed by Garga (the astronomical Saṃhitā)
m. (in music) a kind of measure
gārgiगार्गिm. N. of an astronomer, [VarBṛ.], Sch.
&c. See gārga.
gārhaगार्हmfn. (fr. gṛhá), ‘domestic’, in comp.
gātrāगात्राgā́trā f. id., [L.]
the earth, [Naigh. i, 1]
gātraगात्रgā́tra n. ‘instrument of moving’, a limb or member of the body, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. (ifc. ā [[MBh. ix]; [Pañcat. ii, 4, 3/4]] or ī [[Mṛcch. i, 21]; [Śak.]; [Kum.] &c.] cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 54], [Kāś.])
the body, [Mn. iv, 122]; [169]; [Nal.] &c.
the forequarter of an elephant (cf. gātrāvara), [L.]
gā́tra m. N. of a son of Vasiṣṭha, [VP. i, 10, 13]; [VāyuP.]
gā́tra mfn. = -yuta, [L.]
gā́tra See √ 1. gā.
gāyasगायस्See ánu-g°.
gāyatगायत्gā́yat mfn. pr. p. √ gai, q.v.
gādhanīगाधनीf. the calf, [Gal.]
gādhanaगाधनa kind of arrow, [Hariv. 8865]
gādheraगाधेरg. vākinādi (gaudh°, [Gaṇap.]; [Gaṇaratnāv.]; gāredha, [Kāś.]; gāreṭa, [Hemac.] & [Bhoj.])
gādheriगाधेरिgā°dheri m. patr. fr. °dhera, [ib.]
gādheyīगाधेयीf. patr. of Satyavatī, [MBh. xiii, 242.]
gādheyaगाधेयm. patr. of Viśvā-mitra, [Hariv. 1766]; [R. i]
gādhibhūगाधिभूgādhi—bhū m. = -ja, [L.]
gādhijaगाधिजgādhi—ja m. = gāthi-ja, [Mn. vii, 42]; [R. i.]
gāṅgyaगाङ्ग्यgāṅgyá mfn. being on the Ganges, [RV. vi, 45, 31]
belonging to the Ganges (v.l. gāṅga), [Kām. v, 8]
gāṅgyá m. metron. fr. gáṅgā, [KauṣUp. i, 1], Sch.
gāḍhatāगाढताgāḍha—tā f. closeness, firmness, hardness, intensity, [Kathās. xc.]
gāṇeśaगाणेशmfn. relating to Gaṇeśa, [LiṅgaP.]; [GaṇP.]
m. a worshipper of Gaṇeśa, [PadmaP. v, 133, 26.]
gāṇikaगाणिकmfn. familiar with the Gaṇas (in Gr.) g. ukthādi and kathādi.
gāṇinaगाणिनm. patr. fr. gaṇin, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 165.]
gāthānīगाथानीgāthā—nī́ mfn. leading a song or a choir, [RV. i, 190, 1] and [viii, 92, 2.]
gāthakaगाथकm. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 146]) a singer (chanter of the Purāṇas), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 34], [Kāś.]; [Rājat. vii, 934]
gāthijaगाथिजgāthi—ja m. ‘Gāthin's son’, N. of Viśvā-mitra, [Bṛh.], Sch.
gāthikāगाथिकाf. an epic song, [Yājñ. i, 45]; [MBh. iii, 85, 30]; [Ratnāv. ii, 5/6.]
f. of °thaka, q.v.
gāthinīगाथिनी(ini), f. N. of a metre (containing 12 + 18 + 12 + 20 or 32 + 29 syllabic instants.)
gāthinaगाथिनm. ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 165]) patr. fr. Gāthin, [RAnukr.]; [AitBr. vii, 18]; [ĀśvŚr. xii, 14, 6]; [Pravar.]
gāhanaगाहनn. diving into, bathing, [Daś. xii, 111.]
gāhitaगाहितmfn. plunged into, bathed in [W.]
shaken, agitated, [W.]
destroyed, [W.]
n. depth, interior, [MBh. iii, 8772.]
gāhitṛगाहितृmfn. (cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 44], [Kāś.]) one who plunges into or bathes, [W.]
one who penetrates, [W.]
shaking, agitating, [W.]
destroying, [W.]
gājaraगाजरa carrot, [BrahmaP.]
gālanaगालनn. straining fluids, [Nir. vi, 24.]
See √ 1. gai.
n. reviling, [MBh. xii, 68, 31], Sch.
? [HYog. iii, 110.]
gālaḍiगालडिm. metron. fr. galaḍā, g. bāhv-ādi ([Gaṇar. 206])
cf. jāl°, lāgahi.
gālavaगालवm. Symplocos racemosa (the bark of which is used in dyeing) or a pale species of the same, [L.]
a kind of ebony, [L.]
N. of an old sage and preceptor (son [[Hariv.]] or pupil [[MBh.]] of Viśvā-mitra), [BṛĀrUp.]; [VāyuP.] (v.l. gol°)
(a grammarian), [Nir. iv, 3] and [Pāṇ.]
(author of a Dharma-śāstra, [W.])
m. pl. ([i, 1, 44], Vārtt. 17, [Pat.]) the descendants of Gālava, [Pravar. i, 1]; [iv, 1]; [Hariv. 1467]
m. N. of a school of the [SV.]
gālaviगालविm. patr. fr. °va, [MBh. ix, 2995]; [VāyuP.]
gālinīगालिनीf. a particular position of the fingers, [Tantras.]
gālitaगालितmfn. strained, [Suśr. i]
melted, [iv, 7, 18.]
gāmikaगामिकmfn. ifc. going, leading to (as a way), [R. vi, 106, 7.]
gāmukaगामुकmf(A)n. going, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 154.]
gānīyaगानीयmfn. musical, [W.]
n. a song, [R. i, 3, 70.]
gā°nīya 1.
gāninīगानिनीf. Orris root (vacā, a medicinal plant, supposed to be of use in clearing the voice), [L.]
gā°ninī 1.
gāntraगान्त्रnf (I). = gantrī, [Uṇ. iv, 159.]
gāḍavaगाडवm. (= gaveḍu) a cloud, [L.]
gāḍiviगाडिविmfn. fr. gaḍiva, g. sutaṃgamādi.
gārdhraगार्ध्रmfn. (often wrongly spelt gārdha) (fr. gṛdhra, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 156], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.]) ‘vulturine’, in comp.
rapacious, greedy (?), [W.]
m. = -pakṣa, [W.]
(for gārddhya) desire, greediness, [W.]
gārakaगारकm. Eclipta prostrata, [Gal.]
gāredhaगारेधSee gādhera.
gārgyaगार्ग्यmfn. fr. garga, [AV.Pariś. lxxi, 23]
ifc. (after numerals) for °rgī cf. daśa-, pañca-
m. ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 105]) patr. fr. garga N. of several teachers of Gr., of the ritual &c. (one is said to be the author of the Pada-pāṭha of the [SV.]; [Nir. iv, 4], Sch.), [ŚBr. xiv, 5, 1, 1]; [BṛĀrUp.]; [Lāṭy.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Prāt.]; [Kauś.] &c. (vṛddha-g°, ‘the old Gārgya’, [MBh. xiii] &c.)
N. of a king of the Gandharvas, [R. vi, 92, 70]
m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. vii, 396.]
gārhyaगार्ह्यmfn. (fr. gṛhá), domestic.
n. (with nāman) the domestic name, [ĀpY.], Sch.
gārugiगारुगिm. (in music) a kind of measure.
gāruḍīगारुडीf. N. of a creeper, [L.]
gāruḍaगारुडmfn. (fr. gar°), shaped like the bird Garuḍa, coming from or relating to Garuḍa, [MBh. vi]; [R. vi], [vii] &c.
N. of a Kalpa period, [MatsyaP. liii, 52]
a kind of rice, [Gal.]
n. (= garuḍa-māṇikya) an emerald, [Ragh. xiii, 53] (?)
(used as an antidote), [Kād. iii, 29]
gold, [L.]
a Mantra against poison, [L.]
N. of a Tantra work.
gātaveगातवेgā́tave See √ 1. gā.
gātuyaगातुयNom. P. (Impv. 2. sg. °yā: pr. p. °yát; 3. pl. gātūyánti, Pada-pāṭha gātuy°) to wish to obtain or to procure free progress, [RV. i, 52, 8] and [169, 5]; [viii, 16, 12.]
gāvayaगावयmfn. coming from the Gayal (gavayá, as beef), [Viṣṇ. lxxx, 9.]
gāveśaगावेशv.l. for °veṣa.
gāveṣaगावेषfr. gav-eṣa, g. saṃkalādi.
gāyakīगायकीf. a female singer (one of the 8 Akulas with Śāktas).
gāyakaगायकmfn. one who sings, [W.]
m. a singer, [MBh. xii], [xiv]; [R.]; [BhP. iii], [x]; [Bhartṛ.]
gā́yat. See 3. gā.
gāyanīगायनीf. a female singer, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 147]
gāyanaगायनm. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 147]) a singer, praiser, [MBh. i], [iii], [v], [xiii]; [R. i]; [Rājat.]
a talker, [L.]
N. of an attendant in Skanda's retinue, [MBh. ix, 2569]
n. singing, song, [Cāṇ.]; [BhP. iii], [vii]; [PSarv.]
professing or practising singing as a livelihood, [W.]