Gadatirtha, Gadātīrtha, Gada-tirtha: 1 definition
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: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami TempleGadātīrtha (गदातीर्�) refers to one of the Tīrthas (“sacred water-bodies�) mentioned in the ԲԳٲśⲹԲṣeٰٳⲹ, a text talking about the Thiruvananthapuram temple in eleven chapters, written before the 14th century and claiming to be part of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa.—A ٳⲹ usually describes the Tīrthas (sacred water-bodies) in the surroundings of the centres that figure in that ٳⲹ. In the eleventh chapter ԲԳٲśⲹԲṣeٰٳⲹ, too, we find a list of Tīrthas around the Tiruvanantapuram Temple [e.g., Gadātīrtha] describing its legends and glory.

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Partial matches: Gada, Tirtha.
Full-text: Jalamajjana.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 16 - The group of Tīrthas and their eminence < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-ٳⲹ]
Chapter 84 - Tirthas from the Confluence of Gangā and Varaṇ� up to Maṇikarṇikā < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 58 - Attainment of Salvation by Divodāsa < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]