गर्गः 1 N. of an old sage, one of the sons of Brahmā. -2 A bull. -3 An earth-worm. (-pl.) The descendants of Garga. -4 A kind of musical pause or time. -Comp. -संहिता a book on astronomy written by गर्गाचार्य.
गर्गरः 1 A whirlpool, an eddy; श्वसन्तु गर्गरा अपां वरुण Av.4.15.12. -2 A kind of musical instrument; अव स्वराति गर्गरो Rv.8.69.9. -3 A kind of fish. -4 A churn; न वृषाः संप्रवर्तेरन्न मथ्येरंश्च गर्गराः Mb.12.68.23. -री A churn, a vessel for holding water.
Is the name of a sage who is not mentioned in any of the Samhitās, but his descendants, the Gargāh Prāvareyāh, are referred to in the Kāthaka Samhitā. Garga himself does not occur till the Sūtra period.
noun (masculine) (in music) a kind of measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a bull (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an earth-worm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a grandson (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a physician (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a teacher of law (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an astronomer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an old sage (descendant of Bharadvāja and Aṅgiras) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the descendants of Garga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (onomat.) a whirlpool (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a churn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of musical instrument (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eddy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fish Pimelodus Gagora (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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