Gargara: 14 definitions
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Gargara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaGargara (गर्गर) refers to a type of fish whose meat (māṃsa) is classified as “aquatic” (apcara) according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—The text [māṃsa-prakaraṇa] says the three fold division of meat [such as aquatic (apcara)...]. Here different types of meat and their properties are discussed in detail. The aquatic animals are [viz., gargara].
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyGargara (गर्गर) refers to a type fish, also known as gargaramatsya, according to the Dhanvantari-nighaṇṭu. In the science of Āyurveda (ancient Indian healthcare), the meat of a fish (matsya) is used and prepared in balanced diets. Gargara fish is slightly reducing the gases. It increases the acidity and mucus. The Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu is a 10th-century medicinal thesaurus (nighaṇṭu) containing characteristics and synonyms of various herbal plants and minerals.
Gargara (गर्गर)—Sanskrit word for a fish (Pimelodus gagora). This animal is from the group called Sāmudra-matsya (‘marine fish’). Sāmudra-matsya itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Ānupa (those that frequent marshy places).
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka MaṇḍalaGargara (गर्गर) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Gargarī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Ākāśacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the ākāśacakra refers to one of the three divisions of the dharma-puṭa (‘dharma layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Gargara] are dark blue in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Geography in Ancient Indian inscriptionsGargarā (गर्गरा) is the name of a river found in India.—Gargarā is the ancient name of modern Kalīsind.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGargara (गर्गर).—
1) A whirlpool, an eddy; श्वसन्तु गर्गरा अपां वरुण (śvasantu gargarā apāṃ varuṇa) Av.4.15.12.
2) A kind of musical instrument; अव स्वराति गर्गरो (ava svarāti gargaro) Ṛgveda 8.69.9.
3) A kind of fish.
4) A churn; न वृषाः संप्रवर्तेरन्न मथ्येरंश्च गर्गराः (na vṛṣāḥ saṃpravarteranna mathyeraṃśca gargarāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.68.23.
-rī A churn, a vessel for holding water.
Derivable forms: gargaraḥ (गर्गरः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGargara (गर्गर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A kind of fish, (Pimelodus gagora, Ham.) f. (-rī) 1. A churn. 2. A water vessel, a goblet. E. garga an imitative sound, a gurgling, and ra what makes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGargara (गर्गर).—[gar-gar + a] (vb. 2. gṛ10, reduplicated, + a), m. 1. A whirlpool (ved.). 2. A churn, Mahābhārata 12, 2783.
— Cf. [Latin] gurges.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGargara (गर्गर).—[masculine] whirlpool, eddy; also = [feminine] gargarā & gargarī churn, butter-vat, a kind of water-jar.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gargara (गर्गर):—m. (onomatopoetic) a whirlpool, eddy, [Atharva-veda iv, 15, 12; ix, 4, 4]
2) a kind of musical instrument, [Ṛg-veda viii, 69, 9]
3) a churn, [Mahābhārata xii; Harivaṃśa]
4) the fish Pimelodus Gagora, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Name of a man [gana] kurv-ādi
6) Gargarā (गर्गरा):—[from gargara] f. a churn, [Lalita-vistara xvii, 137]
7) Gargara (गर्गर):—cf. [Latin] gurges.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGargara (गर्गर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A kind of fish. (rā) f. A churn; a guglet.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGargara (ಗರ್ಗರ):—
1) [noun] an indistinct, repeated sound of as made in sawing or by anklets while walking, etc.
2) [noun] a kind ofnklet with small bells.
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Gargara (ಗರ್ಗರ):—
1) [noun] a current of water, etc. moving against the main current and with a circular motion; a little whirlpool; an eddy.
2) [noun] a kind of cymbal attached with small bells or metal plates.
3) [noun] a kind of fish.
4) [noun] a churn stick.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.69.9 < [Sukta 69]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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