As a Hindi name
गार्ध्र · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ गार्ध्री] गृध्र संबंधी — Śabdasāgara
गार्ध्र · noun · masculine
लालच । लोभ · तीर । बाण — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. gṛdhra, Vārtt. 4, ) ‘vulturine’, in comp.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
gārdhra mfn. (often wrongly spelt gārdha) (fr. gṛdhra, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 156, Vārtt. 4, Pat.) ‘vulturine’, in comp.
rapacious, greedy (?), W.
gārdhra m. = -pakṣa, W.
(for gārddhya) desire, greediness, W.
gārdhra a. (dhrī f.) [gṛdhrasyāyam aṇ] Derived from a vulture. — rdhraḥ 1 Greediness (probably for gārdhyaṃ). 2 An arrow. Comp. — pakṣaḥ, -vāsas m. an arrow furnished with a vulture's feathers.
Alternative readings
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