As a deity name
Name 256 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 231 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 997 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
गदाधर · noun · masculine
विष्णु । नारायण — Śabdasāgara
गदाधर · adj
गदा धारण करनेवाला । जिसके पास गदा हो — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
bearing a club
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
1. gadādhara mfn. having a sick lip, Vcar.
2. gadā—dhara mfn. bearing a club, VarBṛS. lviii, 34; Siṃhās.
gadā—dhara m. Kṛṣṇa (cf. kaumodakī), BhP. i, 8, 39
N. of a physician
of the author of the work Viṣaya-vicāra
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