गर्ग (garga) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of an old sage, an astronomer, of a physician, of a teacher of law, a son of king Vitatha, a grandson of king Vitatha. Its 32 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Proper Name (Sage, Individual, Related Figures), Descendants or People named Garga, A Bull.
(H1) [Printed book page 349,1] गर्ग (garga)m.N. of an old sage (descendant of Bharad-vāja and Aṅgiras, author of the hymn, Ṛg-veda (Title) vi, 47) [ID=63822]
1. A son of king Vitatha. 2. A grandson of king Vitatha.
of a son [Harivaṃśa (Title) 1732; Brahma-purāṇa (Title) ; or of a grandson, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) ; Matsya-purāṇa (Title) ; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) ix, 21, 1 and 19 ] of king Vitatha [ID=63826]
1. The name of various men. 2. The name of various women.
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 082-3] गर्ग (garga) garga, m.N.of various men; ā, ī,f.N.. [ID=6866]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
One of the ten principal saints or sons of Brahma, and his wife.
ग (ga)र्ग (ga) (garga) [Printed book page 283] ग (ga)र्ग (ga) (garga) m. (-र्ग (ga) (-rga)) One of the ten principal Munis or saints, a son of BRAHMĀ. f. (ग (ga)र्ग (ga) (garga)ी (gargī)) Wife of GARGA.
E. ग (ga)ृ (gṛ) to sprinkle, ग (ga) Uṇādi aff.
[ID=13290]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A sage who is a son of Brahma. 2. His wife.
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 247-a] गर्ग (garga)(र्गं) ((rgaṃ)) 1. m. A sage, the son of Brahmā.गागी (gāgī) 3. f. His wife. [ID=12743]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Name of an old sage, son of Brahma. 2. A bull. 3. An earthworm.
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 237-03] गर्ग (garga)(I) m. 1. Name of an old sage, one of the sons of Brahman (m.); 2. a bull; 3. an earth worm. [ID=11807]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. One of the ten principal saints and a son of Brahma. 2. The wife of Garga.
m. (-र्ग (ga)ः (-rgaḥ)) One of the ten principal Munis or saints, a son of BRAHMA. f. (ग (ga)ार्ग (ga)ी (gārgī)) Wife of GARGA.
E. ग (ga)ृ (gṛ) to sprinkle, ग (ga) Unadi aff.
[ID=13283]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The name of an ancient sage and other persons. 2. A proper female name.
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 0257-a] गर्ग (garga)garga,I.m. The name of an old
Ṛṣi, MBh. 9, 2132, and other persons.
II.f.gā, A proper name, Rājat. 5, 250.
[ID=4342]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A man's name.
2. A woman's name.
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 149] गर्ग (garga)m. a man's name; f.आ (ā) & ई (ī) a woman's name. [ID=9312]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Name of an ancient sage.
2. Name of an astronomer.
3. Name of a physician.
4. Name of a son and grandson of king Vitatha.
5. A bull.
6. An earthworm.
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 0284-b] गर्ग (garga)garga, as, m. (said to be fr. 2. gṝ), N. of an old sage, a descendant of Bharad-vāja and of Aṅgiras; N. of an astronomer; N. of a physician; N. of a son of king Vitatha; also of a grandson of this king; a bull; an earth-worm; (ās), m. pl. the descendants of Garga; (ā), f., N. of a woman; (ī), f., N. of a woman; [cf. gārgī and gārgya.] —Garga-bhūmi, is, m., N. of a prince; (also bharga-bhūmi.) —Garga-śiras, ās, m., N. of a Dānava. —Garga-srotas, as, n. Garga's stream, N. of a Tīrtha. [ID=17141]
sanik.): XIII, 18κκ, (1334) (Śiva bestowed on G., who
gratified him on the bank of Sarasvatī, the knowledge of time
with its sixty-four branches (catuḥṣaṣṭyaṅgaṃ…kāla-
jñānaṃ) and 1000 sons; through the grace of Śiva the life-
time of G. and his sons became extended to ten millions of
years).
[ID=4050]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
a son of Manyu and father of Shini
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 1-520] Garga (I) — a son of (Bhuva) Manyu and father of Śini, (Chini). M. 49. 36: Vi. IV. 19. 21-23. [ID=4087]
— The Purana Index
The family priest of the Yadavas.
Garga (II) — the Purohita of Yādavas. Urged by Vasudeva, he went to the Vraja of Nanda who welcomed him as befitted a Guru, praising him as the great author of Jyotiṣa śāstra. Requested by Nanda to do nāma samskāra to Kṛṣṇa and Rāma without Kaṃśa's knowledge, he did so and returned to his place.1 He held Kṛṣṇa and Rāma to be divine incarnations.2 He informed Nanda that Kṛṣṇa was the son of Vasudeva and an amśa of Nārāyaṇa.3 He officiated at Upanayana samskāras of the two brothers.4 He had also informed Mucukunda that Nārāyaṇa was to be born on Page1-521+ 26 the earth as Kṛṣṇa.5 He was invited for the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira.6 [Footnote: 1) Bhā. X. 8. 1-20. Vi. II. 5. 26: V. 6. 8. 9.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. X. 46. 23.]
[Footnote: 3) Ib. 26. 15-23.]
[Footnote: 4) Ib. 45. 26-29.]
[Footnote: 5) Ib. 51. 45.]
[Footnote: 6) Ib. 74. 8.] [ID=4088]
— The Purana Index
an Angirasa and a maker of mantras
[Printed book page 1-521] Garga (III) — an Aṅgirasa and a mantrakṛt. Br. II. 32. 107: M. 145. 101. [ID=4089]
— The Purana Index
the Purohita of Haiha
Garga (IV) — the Purohita of Haiha. Br. III. 28. 39. [ID=4090]
— The Purana Index
a son of Pratardana
Garga (V) — a son of Pratardana. Br. III. 67. 69: Vā. 92. 65. [ID=4091]
— The Purana Index
the preceptor of the seven sons of Koushika
Garga (VI) — the preceptor of the seven sons of Kauśika who tended his cow, killed and made a meal of it in a famine. For this sin they were cursed to have five rebirths; no mar- riage alliance with Bṛhaspati. M. 20. 3: 196. 24. [ID=4092]
— The Purana Index
an author of architecture
Garga (VII) — an author of architecture. M. 252. 3. [ID=4093]
— The Purana Index
a priest at Brahma's sacrifice
Garga (VIII) — a ṛtvik at Brahmā's sacrifice. Vā. 106. 35. [ID=4094]
— The Purana Index
name of a sage
गर्ग (garga) [Printed book page 1-220] Garga is the name of a sage who is not mentioned in any of the Saṃhitās,1 but his descendants, the Gargāḥ Prāvareyāḥ, are referred to in the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā.2 Garga himself does not occur till the Sūtra period.3 [Footnote: 1) The authorship of Rv. vi. 47 is attributed to Garga Bhāradvāja in the Anukramaṇī.]
[Footnote: 2) xiii. 12. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 3, 374.]
[Footnote: 3) Garga-trirātra, Garga-tryaha, a three-night or three-day feast of Garga. See Āśvalāyana Srauta Sūtra, x. 2; Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xvi. 22. 2; Kātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xxiii. 2, 8.] [ID=846]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Descendants or People named Garga
3 definitions3
the descendants of Garga
गर्ग (garga)m. pl. (Pāṇini (Author) ii, 4, 64) the descendants of Garga, Kāṭhaka (Literary category) xiii, 12 ; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) &c. [ID=63831]
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Definitions on this page come from 12 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
