Sanskrit Dictionary

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Grammar Search

"garta" has 2 results

garta: masculine vocative singular stem: garta

garta: neuter vocative singular stem: garta

Monier-Williams Search

11 results for garta"

garta

m. a high seat, throne (of mitra- and varuṇa-)

("a house"

)

m. the seat of a war-chariot,

m. (

) a chariot

m. a table for playing at dice

m. (equals kart/a- q.v) a hollow, hole, cave, grave

etc.

m. a canal

m. the hollow of the loins

m. a kind of disease

m. Name of a country (part of tri-garta-, in the north-west of India)

(see

)

n. a hole, cave

n. Name of a river

Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects

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garta	In the Rigveda primarily denotes the seat of the chariot on which the archer sat. It seems to have been of considerable size, being described as brhant, large.’ The word then comes to denote the chariot itself, either really or metaphorically.

Vedabase Search

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DCS with thanks

2 results


garta	noun (masculine neuter) a canal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a hollow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a kind of disease (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cave (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) grave (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) hole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a country (part of Trigarta) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the hollow of the loins (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 2251/72933

garta	noun (neuter) a hole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cave (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 34602/72933