As a deity name
Name 198 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
गंभीर
deep; serious, grave
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गम्भीर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit गम्भीर (gambhīra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gambhīra mfn. = gabh˚, RV. (only in the beginning of Pādas, six times), AV. &c. (in post-Vedic writings gambh˚ is more used than gabh˚; the deepness of a man's navel, voice, and character are praised together, VarBṛS. lxviii, 85; hence a person who is said to have a deep navel, voice, and character is called tri-gambhīra mf(ā)n., MBh. iv, 254; v, 3939)
gambhīra m. (= jambh˚) the lemon tree, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Mantra of the
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gambhīrāya" is the dative of "gambhīra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
gambhīra mfn. = gabh˚, RV. (only in the beginning of Pādas, six times), AV. &c. (in post-Vedic writings gambh˚ is more used than gabh˚; the deepness of a man's navel, voice, and character are praised together, VarBṛS. lxviii, 85; hence a person who is said to have a deep navel, voice, and character is called tri-gambhīra mf(ā)n., MBh. iv, 254; v, 3939)
gambhīra m. (= jambh˚) the lemon tree, L.
Alternative readings
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