# अगद (agada)

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अगद (agada) is a Sanskrit word meaning healthy, free from affliction, a magic jewel, freedom from disease, a medicine, drug, or antidote, a medicine or drug. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Healthy, well, free from disease (adjective), Health, freedom from disease (noun), Medicine, drug, antidote.

- **Etymology:** E. अ neg. and गद disease — E. a neg. and gada disease
- **SLP1:** `agada`  **IAST:** agada  **Devanagari:** अगद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/agada/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अगदा (agadā)

## Meanings by context

### Healthy, well, free from disease (adjective) (7 definitions)
- healthy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 4,2] अ - गद (a-gada) mfn. free from disease healthy, RV. &c. [ ID=791 ]
- Healthy and free from disease  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 0009-b ] अगद (agada) a. [ नास्ति गदो रोगो यस्य (nāsti gado rogo yasya) ] 1 Healthy, sound, free from disease, in good health; नरोऽगदः (naro'gadaḥ) Manusmṛti 8. 107
- free from disease, healthy  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 003-27 ] अगद (agada) (I) a. (f. दा (dā) ) free from disease, healthy. [ ID=187 ]
- 1. Healthy or free from disease. 2. Medicine or drug.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 अगद (agada) a. free from disease, well, healthy; m. medicine, drug. [ ID=177 ]
- 1. Free from disease or healthy. 2. Wholesome or salubrious. 3. Unafflicted. 4. A medicine or drug. 5. A branch of medicine.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) गद (gada) (agada) [Printed book page 009-a ] अ (a) गद (gada) (agada) Bahuvr. I. m. f. n. ( - दः (-daḥ)- दा - दम् (-daḥ-dā-dam) ) 1 Free from disease, healthy. 2 Wholesome, salubrious. 3 (In law.) Unafflicted, one free from any calamity inflicted by God or the king. II. m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 1 A medicament, a drug. 2 Alexipharmacy, one of the eight branches of medicine. E. अ (a) priv. and गद (gada). [ ID=306 ]
- 1. Healthy, well, or wholesome. 2. Medicine.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 111-b ] a-gadá, a. not having disease, well, healthy, whole; wholesome; as m. medicine. [ ID=37 ]
- 1. Healthy, salubrious, or free from disease. 2. Health. 3. A medicine or drug. 4. The science of antidotes.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 0004-b ] अगद (agada) a-gada, as, ā, am, free from disease, healthy, salubrious; free from judicial affliction; ( as ), m. freedom from disease, health; a medicine, medi- cament, drug; the science of antidotes. —Agadaṅ- kāra, as, ī, m. f. a physician, (‘who makes well.’) [ ID=221 ]

### Health, freedom from disease (noun) (5 definitions)
- freedom from disease  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 4,2] अ - गद (a-gada) m. freedom from disease, Mn. [ ID=792.1 ]
- Health, freedom from disease  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — दः (daḥ) [ नास्ति गदो रोगो यस्मात् (nāsti gado rogo yasmāt) ] 2 Health, freedom from disease; औषधान्यगदो विद्या देवी च (auṣadhānyagado vidyā devī ca) विविधा स्थितिः । तपसैव प्रसिध्यंति तपस्तेषां हि (vividhā sthitiḥ. tapasaiva prasidhyaṃti tapasteṣāṃ hi) ( pb ) साधनं (sādhanaṃ) Manusmṛti 11. 238 ( अगदः (daḥ) गदाभावः (agadaḥ gadābhāvaḥ) नैरुज्यमिति यावत् (nairujyamiti yāvat) Kull. )
- 1. Health. 2. Healthy, well, or wholesome. 3. Medicine or antidote.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 002-3 ] अगद (agada) a-gada, m. health; a. (-dá) healthy, well; wholesome; n. medicine, esp. antidote. [ ID=227 ]
- 1. Health. 2. Medicine or drug. 3. The science of antidotes.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) (II) m. 1. Health; 2. medicine, drug; 3. the science of antidotes. [ ID=188 ]
- health  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 003 ] 1 अगद (agada) m. not-disease, health. [ ID=176 ]

### Medicine, drug, antidote (5 definitions)
- a medicine, drug, or antidote  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a medicine, drug, (especially) antidote, Mn. [ ID=793 ]
- A medicine or medicinal drug.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — दः (daḥ) [ नास्ति गदो रोगो यस्मात् (nāsti gado rogo yasmāt) ] 1 A medicine, a medicinal drug; इति चिंताविषघ्नोयमगदः (daḥ) किं न पीयते (iti ciṃtāviṣaghnoyamagadaḥ kiṃ na pīyate) Hitopadeśa prastāvikā 29; विषघ्नैरगदैश्चास्य सर्वद्रव्याणि योजयेत् (viṣaghnairagadaiścāsya sarvadravyāṇi yojayet) Manusmṛti 7. 218
- 1. A medicine or drug. 2. Healthy or free from disease. 3. Wholesome.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) गद (gada) (agada) [Printed book page 005 ] अ (a) गद (gada) (agada) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) A medicament, a medicine, a drug. mfn. ( - दः (-daḥ)- दा - दं (-daḥ-dā-daṃ) ) 1 Well, healthy, free from disease. 2 Wholesome, salubrious. E. अ (a) neg. and गद (gada) disease. [ ID=214 ]
- 1. A medicine. 2. Healthy or wholesome.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 004-b ] अ - गद (a-gada) ( दः ) ((daḥ)) 1. m. A medicine; a. Healthy, wholesome. [ ID=179 ]
- 1. A medicine or drug. 2. Healthy or free from disease. 3. Wholesome.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) गद (gada) (agada) [Printed book page 004-b ] अ (a) गद (gada) (agada) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) A medicament, a medicine, a drug. mfn. ( - दः (-daḥ)- दा - दं (-daḥ-dā-daṃ) ) 1. Well, healthy, free from disease. 2. Wholesome, salubrious. E. अ (a) neg. and गद (gada) disease. [ ID=213 ]

### Free from affliction or calamity (2 definitions)
- free from affliction  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > free from affliction, Mn. [ ID=792 ]
- Free from judicial affliction.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 0009-b ] अगद (agada) a. [ नास्ति गदो रोगो यस्य (nāsti gado rogo yasya) ] 3 Free from judicial affliction

### A magic jewel (1 definition)
- a magic jewel  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1308,3] a magic jewel, Divyāv. [ ID=792.01 sup ]

### Not speaking, silent (1 definition)
- Not speaking  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अगद (agada) [Printed book page 0009-b ] अगद (agada) a. [ नास्त (ta) ि गदो रोगो यस्य (nāsti gado rogo yasya) ] 2 ( गद् - भाषणे अच्, न (gad-bhāṣaṇe ac, na). त (ta).) Not speaking or telling

### Science of antidotes (1 definition)
- 1. The science of antidotes. 2. One of the eight parts of medical science.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — दः (daḥ) [ नास्ति गदो रोगो यस्मात् (nāsti gado rogo yasmāt) ] 3 The science of antidotes; one of the 8 parts of medical science. [ ID=186 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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