Gabhira, Ҳī: 16 definitions
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Gabhira means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationҲī (गभी�) refers to �(words indicating) gravity�, according to the Śivapuṇa 2.3.17 (“The dialogue between Indra and Kmadeva�).—Accordingly, after Indra spoke to Kma: “On hearing these words of Indra the fish-bannered god Kma spoke smilingly in words indicating love and gravity [i.e., -ī�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexҲī (गभी�).—A son of Pravīra; ruled for 30 years.*
- * Brahmṇḍa-puṇa III. 74. 186.

The Purana (पुरा�, puṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryҲī (गभी�).�m. [gacchati jalamatra, gabh īran bhntdeśaśca Uṇdi-sūtra 4.35]
1) Deep (in all senses); उत्तालास्त इम� गभीरपयस� पुण्या� सरित्संगमा� (uttlsta ime īpayasa� puṇy� saritsaṃgam�) Uttaramacarita 2.3; Bv.2.15.
2) Deepsounding (as a drum).
3) Thick, dense, impervious (as a forest); Kitrjunīya 14.39.
4) Profound, sagacious.
5) Grave, serious, solemn, earnest.
6) Secret, mysterious.
7) Inscrutable, difficult to be perceived or understood; गभीरमर्थं कत�- चित्प्रकाशताम् (īmartha� kati- citprakśatm) (nayanti) Kitrjunīya 14.4.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryGabhira (गभिर).�adj. (m.c. for ī, ī), deep, profound: ܰ屹īū 7.18 (verse).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryҲī (गभी�).—mfn.
(-�--�) 1. Deep. 2. Thick, impervious, (as a forest.) 3. Profound, sagacious. 4. Deep in sound, hollow-toned. E. gam to go bha substituted for the final, iran Unadi affix; also with num inserted ī.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryҲī (गभी�).� (from a lost vb. gabh, [Anglo-Saxon.] geapan) and ī ī, I. adj., f. , 1. Deep, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 5, 10; dwelling in the depth, [ʲñٲԳٰ] v. [distich] 10. 2. Thick, impervious, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 53, 22. 3. Deep-toned, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 30, 27. 4. Unfathomable, [Bhgavata-Puṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 14, 14. Ii. m. ī, A proper name, [Bhgavata-Puṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 17, 10. Iii. f. gambhī, The name of a river, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 41.
� Cf. in and gahana.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryҲī (गभी�).—deep, profound, impervious, inscrutable, secret; °� & [neuter] [adverb]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ҳī (गभी�):—[from gabha] mf()n. deep (opposed to gdha and īԲ), [Ṛg-veda] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] ([Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yska i, 11]) deep in sound, deep-sounding, hollow-toned, [Ṛg-veda v, 85, 1; Ṛtusaṃhra]
3) [v.s. ...] profound, sagacious, grave, serious, solemn, secret, mysterious, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda v, 11, 3]
4) [v.s. ...] (gambh, [Mahbhrata] etc.), [Prabodha-candrodaya iv, 15; Shitya-darpaṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] dense, impervious, [Bhgavata-puṇa viii, 3, 5]
6) [v.s. ...] (gambh, [峾ⲹṇa iii])
7) [v.s. ...] not to be penetrated or investigated or explored, inscrutable
8) [v.s. ...] ‘inexhaustible�, uninterrupted (time), [Bhgavata-puṇa i, 5, 8]
9) [v.s. ...] (gambh, [iv, 12, 38; v, 24, 24])
10) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a son of Manu Bhautya or of Rambha, [Viṣṇu-puṇa iii, 2, 43; Bhgavata-puṇa ix, 17, 10.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryҲī (गभी�):—[(ra�--ra�) a.] Deep; thick, impervious, deep-toned.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ҳī (गभी�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gahira.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusҲī (ಗಭೀ�):�
1) [adjective] extending down, inward, etc. considerably; very deep.
2) [adjective] deeply or intensely felt; being so.
3) [adjective] not inclined to flirt; not given to fun, cheap amusement; restrained in speech, action, etc.; dignified; decent.
4) [adjective] solemn; deeply earnest.
5) [adjective] that cannot easily or superficially be understood; of, containing, implying or characterised by mystery; that which requires serious thought, study, etc.; intellectually profound; marked by intellectual depth; serious; grave.
6) [adjective] inspiring awe or admiration through grandeur, beauty, etc.; sublime; stately; majestic.
7) [adjective] sounding grave, solemn (said of a person’s voice).
8) [adjective] of or in the octaves lower than the normal one (i.e. below the middle C).
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Ҳī (ಗಭೀ�):�
1) [noun] = ಗಭರಗುಣ [gabhiraguna].
2) [noun] a sober man; a man of serious thought, action, etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryҲī (गभी�):—adj. serious; earnest;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryī (ဂဘီ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[gamu+bhīra.gamu+īra.pathavi� bhinditv gacchati pavattatīti gambhīroç gabhīro,agdho�,7.17va.gamu gamane īro bhonto ca malopo ca,gabhīro�,ṭ�.669.]
[ဂမ�+ဘီရ။ ဂမ�+ဤရ။ ပထဝိ� ဘိန္ဒိတွ� ဂစ္ဆတ� ပဝတ္တတီတ� ဂမ္ဘီရေ�,ဂဘီရော၊ အဂါဓော။ မောဂ်၊၇။၁၇ဝ။ ဂမ� ဂမန� ဤရေ� ဘောန္တေ� � မလောပေ� စ၊ ဂဘီရော။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၆၆၉။]

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Starts with: Gabhiradhvana, Gabhiradhvani, Gabhiraguna, Gabhiraninada, Gabhirata, Gabhirate, Gabhiratman, Gabhiravedha, Gabhiravepas, Gabhiravritti.
Full-text (+7): Gabhiravepas, Gambhira, Gabhiradhvani, Gabhiratman, Gabhiravedha, Gabhiravritti, Gabhiradhvana, Gambhishtha, Gabhiraninada, Gabhirika, Gabhiraguna, Premagabhira, Kepi, Gabhir, Gahira, Gambhan, Trigambhira, Gahana, Kevi, Gambhiranada.
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