Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

gadā गदा – a mace, club, bludgeon

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

gadā ·f. mace, club.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Gadā, f. a mace, club, bludgeon; the plant Bignonia Suaveolens; a particular constellation.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

gadā f. 1〉 Keule TRIK. 3,3,206. H. 222. H. an. 2,225. MED. d. 4. MBH. 1,8200. MBH. 2,762. MBH. 3,14249. DRAUP. 5,20. SUND. 2,3. SUND. 4,17. R. 5,80,4. VARĀH. BṚH. 58,33. VARĀH. BṚH. 69,17. gadāyuddhaparvan oder gadāparvan MBH. 9, Adhy. 33. fgg. Verz. d. B. H. No. 389. Verz. d. B. H. No. 397. Verz. d. B. H. No. 419. Ind. St. 2,137. fg. — 2〉 Bignonia suaveolens ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 eine best. Constellation: dviranantarakendrasthairgadā (Sch.: anantarayoḥ kendrayoryadā sarve grahā bhavanti . tadā gadā nāma yogo bhavati) LAGHUJ. 10,3. BṚH. J. 12,4. BṚH. J. 12,13.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

gadā f. — 1〉 Keule. — 2〉 *Bignonia suaveolens. — 3〉 ein best. Saiteninstrument S. S. S. 185. — 4〉 eine best. Constellation. — 5〉 v. l. für gadhā TS. Comm. 2,507.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

gadā f., gadādharīya n., gadyaṭīkā f., gadyabhāṣya n. und gadyavyākhyā f. Titel von Werken OPP. Cat. 1. [Nachtrag, Band 2]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. gada m. f. (ā) Spruch. Vgl. auch gadā.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

gadā II. 2. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

gadā [gad-ac ṭāp] A mace, club; saṃcūrṇayāmi gadayā na suyodhanorū Ve. 1. 15. Comp. — agrapāṇi a. having a mace in the right hand. — dharaḥ an epithet of Viṣṇu. — bhṛt a. a clubbearer, one who fights with a mace. ([Page 0449-c]) ( — m.) an epithet of Viṣṇu. — yuddhaṃ a fight with clubs. — hasta a. armed with a club.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

gadā f. Keule.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

gadā gadā f. massue; bâton, levier. Bignonia suaveolens, bot. gadākhya n. costus speciosus, bot. gadādhara a. (dhṛ) qui porte une massue. Surn. de Kṛṣṇa. gadābhṛt a. (bhṛ) mms. gadāhasta a. qui a une massue à la main.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.26–29*1: Cakra, Śaṅkha, Vāmāvartta, Vartmagati and Gadā 2 occurrences

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