Gadadhara, aka: Gadādhara, Gada-dhara; 6 Definition(s)



In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Gadādhara (गदाधर).—A synonym of Mahāviṣṇu.

There is a place called Gayā to the north of Mount Kālañjara to the south of Himālayas, to the east of Kuśasthalī and to the west of Vasupura. Once a king called Gaya conducted at Gayā an Aśvamedha, a Naramedha (yajña at which man is offered as sacrifice) and a Mahāmedha and Mahāviṣṇu acted as gate-keeper of Gaya. As Viṣṇu stood guard there holding the gadā (club) in his hands he came to be known as Gadādhara also thenceforth. (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 76).

Source: Puranic Encyclopaedia

Gadādhara (गदाधर).—Viṣṇu as; the first narrator of the Matsya Purāṇa; in the Tārakāmaya war;1 boon to Dharmavrata after she became a stone.2

  • 1) Matsya-purāṇa 1. 10: 176. 30: 178. 23 and 46 Vāyu-purāṇa 106. 55.
  • 2) Vāyu-purāṇa 60. 77: 107. 47: 108. 52: 109. 12, 20.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
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Shilpashastra (iconography)

Gadādhara (गदाधर) refers to one of the many varieties of the Śālagrāma (ammonite fossil stones).—The Gadādhara is not bright and has only one cakra. Śālagrāma stones are very ancient geological specimens, rendered rounded and smooth by water-currents in a great length of time. They (eg., Gadādhara stones) are distinguished by the ammonite (śālā, described as “vajra-kīṭa”, “adamantine worms”) which having entered into them for residence, are fossilized in course of time, leaving discus-like marks inside the stone.

Source: Pratima Kosa Encyclopedia of Indian Iconography - Vol 6
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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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gadādhara (गदाधर).—m (S) A drinking vessel. It is like an ābakharā.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary
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Sanskrit-English dictionary

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Gadādhara (गदाधर).—an epithet of Viṣṇu; Bhāg.1.8.39.

Derivable forms: gadādharaḥ (गदाधरः).

Gadādhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gadā and dhara (धर).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary
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