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Entry गद

गदgadaSpeaking, speech.
[गद्-अच्]
1. Speaking, speech.
2. A sentence.
3. Disease, sickness; असाध्यः कुरुते कोपं प्राप्ते काले गदो यथा Śi. 2.84; जनपदे न गदः पदमादधौ R.9.4;17.81.
4. Thunder.
5. The younger brother of Krisna.
6. Name of Kubera.
7. A weapon. ... गदोऽस्त्रियाम् । आयुधे धनदे रोगे पुंसि कृष्णा- नुजेऽपि च Nm.
Derived forms and compounds
- -दम् A kind of poison.
- -अगदौ (Dual) the two Aṣvins, physicians of gods.
- -अग्रजः an epithet of Krisna; जगादाग्रे गदाग्रजम् । Śi.2.69; यावद्- गदाग्रजकथासु रतिं न कुर्यात् । Bhāg.
- -अग्रणीः the chief of all diseases. id est, that is consumption.
- -अम्बरः a cloud.
- -अरातिः a drug, medicament.
- -गदम् indistinct utterance.
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