Kada, , ḍa, Ka-da: 24 definitions
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Kada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexḍa (कड).—A brother of Vasudeva.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 148.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) 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.
India history and geography
Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and SagesKada (कद) or Kadapāda is another name for : one of the eighty-four Siddhas (Siddhācāryas) of the Sahajayāna school, according to sources such as the Varṇaratnākara of Jyotirīśvara (i.e., the Varna-Ratnakara by Jyotirishwar Thakur).—The Sahaja-Yana is a philosophical and esoteric movement of Tantric Buddhism which had enormous influence in the Indian subcontinent and the Himalayas.—Many of these Mahāsiddhas [e.g., Kada-pāda] were historical figures whose lives and mystical powers were the subject of legends. They are often associated with teachings belonging to Hinduism, Buddhism, Ajivikism and Jainism such as the Nath Tradition.
: archive.org: Glossary of Sinhalese Folk Terms appearing in the Service Tenure RegisterKada:—A load divided into two portions of equal weight and tied to the two ends of a pole, which is balanced on the shoulder, called in Ceylon a ‘� pingo � and in India a � bhangy.�

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kada in India is the name of a plant defined with Grewia tiliaefolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Grewia tiliifolia Vahl, nom. illeg. (among others).
2) Kada is also identified with Xylia xylocarpa It has the synonym Acacia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Willd. (etc.).
3) Kada in Kenya is also identified with Syzygium guineense It has the synonym Calyptranthes guineensis Willd. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907�1908, Botanik (1907)
· Species Plantarum.
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1982)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kada, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryka : (adv.) when?
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary, (indecl.) (Vedic ka. Cp. ta, sa in Pali, and perhaps Latin quando). interr. adv. when? (very often foll. by fut.) Th. 1, 1091�1106; J. II, 212; VI, 46; DhA. I, 33; PvA. 2.—combined with —ssu J. V, 103, 215; VI, 49 sq. —c (cid) indef.�1. at some time A. IV, 101.�2. sometimes J. I, 98; PvA. 271.�3. once upon a time 屹. I, 30.�4. perhaps, may be J. I, 297; VI, 364. + eva: kacideva VvA. 213; —kaci kaci from time to time, every now and then J. I, 216; IV, 120; DhsA. 238; PvA. 253. —kaci karahaci at some time or other, at times A. I, 179; Miln. 73; DhA. III, 362. —na kaci at no time, never S. I, 66; J. V, 434; VI, 363; same with mā k° J. VI, 310; Mhvs 25, 113; cp. kucana.—kac�-� —u貹ٳپ첹 (adj.) happening only sometimes, occasional Miln. 114. (Page 185)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) kada (က�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
ڰ첹++.k岹+ṇa
[က+ဒ�+အ။ က�+ဏ]
2) ka (ကဒ�) [(bya) (ဗ�)]�
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary첹ḍa (कड).—f (첹ṭa S) The hollow above the hip, the flank. 2 The outer part, edge, verge, border, brink, margin. 3 A quarter, region, direction. Used in obl. cases, as hyā첹ḍēsa, tyā첹ḍēsa, i첹ḍ�, ti첹ḍ�, i첹ḍacā, ti첹ḍacā, i첹ḍūna, ti첹ḍūna. 4 A sort of soft sandstone.
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첹ḍa (कड).—m R (Commonly 첹ḍh) Ebullition &c.
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첹ḍ� (कड�).—m (첹ḍa) A cliff or precipice. v ٳṭa. Ex. ṛṣēśvara paḷati sakaḷa || 첹ḍ� vēṅgati parvatācē ||
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kada (कद).—m A sort of silk cloth for dhotars. It is without ṻ or border. See 辱峾. 2 Thickness; i.e. substance, solidity, quantity of material or degree of density. Ex. hiṛyācā kada jasa jasā pātaḷa tasataśī tyācī kimmata adhika.
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kada (कद).�( A Stature.) A misunderstood and misused word. Value, virtue, goodness, excellency, qualification. Ex. tujhā kāya kada majaśī� vāda karā- yālā or majapuḍhē� bōlāyālā? 2 The dividing piece or running stitch betwixt the two sides of a ōṇ� or packsack.
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ka (कद�).—ad S When, at what time?
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kāḍa (का�).—n f Thrashed or trodden stalks of leguminous plants, pulse-straw. 2 f Straw (of wheat, nācaṇ�, uḍīda, varī and others). 3 C The chaff and bits that fall from rice-straw on beating or shaking it. 4 C Plants of rice left over from a transplantation. 5 Peeled stalks of ḍ� or 岵. 6 n Legumes gen.
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kāḍ� (काडा).—m C Milk-bush, Euphorbia tirucalli.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English첹ḍa (कड).�f The margin. A region. 첹ḍa dharaṇēṃ To espouse the side of. m Ebullition.
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첹ḍ� (कड�).�m A precipice, cliff.
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kada (कद).�f Stature. Mettle, virtue. kada jiraviṇēṃ To take the conceit out of.
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ka (कद�).�ad When ? At what time?
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kāḍa (का�).�n f Pulse-straw. f Straw.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryḍa (कड).�a.
1) Dumb.
2) Hoarse.
3) Ignorant, foolish.
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(कद�).�ind. When, at what time; कद� गमिष्यसि-एष गच्छाम� (ka gamiṣyasi-eṣa gacchāmi); कद� कथयिष्यस� (ka kathayiṣyasi) &c.; when connected with a following अप� (api) it means 'now and then', 'at times', 'sometimes', 'at some time'; � कदाप� (na kapi) never; with a following चन (cana) it means 'at some time', 'one day', 'at one time or another', 'once'; आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान्� विभेति कदाच� (ānanda� brahmaṇo vidvānna vibheti kacana); Manusmṛti 2.54,144;3.25,11; with a following चित् (cit) it means 'at one time', 'once upon a time', 'at some time or other'; अथ कदाचित� (atha kacit) once upon a time; R.2.37,12.21; नाक्षै� क्रीडेत्कदाचित्त� (nākṣai� krīḍetkacittu) Manusmṛti 4.74,65,169; कदाचित�-कदाचित� (첹峦-첹峦) 'now-now'; कदाचित� कानन� जगाह� कदाचित� कमलवनेषु रेमे (kacit kānana� jagāhe kacit kamalavaneṣu reme) K.58 et seq. [cf. L. quando].
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Kada (कद).—a cloud (giving water).
Derivable forms: 첹岹� (कद�).
Kada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ka and da (�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryḍa (का�).�adj. (= Pali kāḷa, Sanskrit kāla), black: [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 496.6. See next.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryḍa (कड).—mfn.
(-ḍa�-ḍ�-ḍa�) Ignorant, stupid. E. 첹� to be perplexed, ac aff.
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Kada (कद).—or (i) kadi r. 1st. cl. (kadate and kandate) 1. To be confused, to suffer mentally, to grieve. 2. To confound. 3. To kill or hurt; also kadi (kaṃdati) 1. To call. 2. To cry or shed tears.
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Kada (कद).—m.
(-岹�) A cloud. E. ka water, rnd da what gives.
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(कद�).—ind. When, at what time. E. kim what, aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary(कद�).—[ka + ] (see kim), adv. At what time, [Nala] 22, 7. With following cana, 1. Once, some time; preceded by na, Never, [Բśٰ] 2, 58. 2. Perhaps, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 22, 10. With following cid, Once, [ṇa貹] 1, 2; preceded by na, Never, [Բśٰ] 4, 74. 3. Followed by api, and preceded by na, Never, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 58, 12.
� Cf. [Latin] quando, quandoque = kāda cid.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryḍa (कड).—[adjective] dumb.
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(कद�).—[adverb] when? at what time? how? With na never; [with] cana the same or at some time, once; [with] cid some time or other, sometimes, perhaps; [with] api (later) at any time, always, ever. ka cid, ka cidapi, & kapi [with] na never.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kada (कद):—[=ka-da] [from ka] a m. ‘water-giver�, a cloud, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) ḍa (कड):—[from 첹�] mfn. dumb, mute, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv]
3) [v.s. ...] ignorant, stupid, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Kada (कद):—[=ka-da] b See 3. ka.
5) (कद�):�ind. ([from] 2. ka), when? at what time? (with following [future] or [present tense] tense, [Pāṇini 3-3, 5]), [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata; ʲñٲԳٰ] etc.
6) at some time, one day, [Ṛg-veda viii, 5, 22]
7) how? [Ṛg-veda vii, 29, 3]
8) with a following nu khalu, when about ? [Mahābhārata iii]
9) with a following ca and preceding ya, whenever, as often as possible (e.g. ya ka ca sunavāma somam, let us press out the Soma as often as may be or at all times, [Ṛg-veda iii, 53, 4])
10) with a following cana, never at any time, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-upaniṣad; ᾱٴDZ貹ś] etc.
11) ([irregular] also) at some time, one day, once, [Mahābhārata xiii; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
12) na ka, never, [Ṛg-veda vi, 21, 3; Subhāṣitāvali]
13) na ka cana, never at any time, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda etc.]
14) ka cit, at some time or other, sometimes, once
15) na ka cit, never
16) kapi, sometimes, now and then
17) na kapi, never;
18) cf. [Zend] kadha; [Greek] κότε and πότε; [Latin] quando; [Lithuanian] kadá; [Slavonic or Slavonian] kŭda.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ḍa (कड):—[(ḍa�-ḍ�-ḍa�) a.] Ignorant.
2) Kada (कद):�(岹�) 1. m. A cloud.
3) (कद�):�adv. When, at what time.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)(कद�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kai, , , .
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Kaḍ� (कड�):�(a) hard; strict; stiff; harsh, cruel; arduous; sharp; rigid; strong; (nm) a bangle, metal ring; ~[ī/ʱ貹Բ] stiffness; hardness; harshness; strictness; sharpness; rigidity; —[Ჹ] stiff/harsh/stern nature; —[貹ḍa] to adopt a stiff attitude, to become stern; hence [첹ḍ�] (fem.).
2) Kada (कद) [Also spelled kad]:�(nm) size; height; —[ṻī] stature; figure and frame; [첹ǰ峾ٲ] stature, figure and frame.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) ḍa (कड) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṭa.
2) ḍa (कड) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ṛt.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusḍa (ಕಡ):�
1) [noun] something lent, esp. a sum of money to be returned; a loan; the thing or money loaned.
2) [noun] ಕಡ ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಬಡ� ಕೆಟ್� [kada hutti badava ketta] 첹ḍa huṭṭi baḍava keṭṭa hewho goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; ಕಡ ಸಿಕ್ಕುವುದಾದರ�, ಹಡಗೇ ನನಗಿರಲ� [kada sikkuvudadare, hadage nanagirali] 첹ḍa sikkuvudare, haḍagē nanagirali borrowing tempts one to be always acquisitive.
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ḍa (ಕಡ):—[noun] a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross; a ford; a place or route of carriage over water; the place where a ferry docks on either shore; a ferry.
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ḍa (ಕಡ):—[noun] a largedeer (Cervus unicolor) with coarse hair, a short, erectile mane, and three-pointed antlers; an Indian sambar.
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ḍa (ಕಡ):�
1) [noun] a stretch of rising land at the edge of a body of water, esp. a river.
2) [noun] a basin at the bottom of a tree or a levelled wet agricultural land with raised mound on all sides, for holding water.
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ḍa (ಕಡ):�
1) [noun] a flat, coarse fabric made of straw used as a floor covering or sitting on; a straw mat.
2) [noun] the outskirts of a city or a town.
3) [noun] a time; period of time; a season.
4) [noun] the hip and loins; the hollow above the hips.
5) [noun] the fleshy side of a person or animal between the ribs and the hip; the flank.
6) [noun] a dead of a person; corpse.
7) [noun] a place for the burial or cremation of the dead bodies; a cemetry; a crematory.
8) [noun] a portable framework on which a corpse is carried.
9) [noun] a long, broad, thick wooden board; a plank.
10) [noun] a plant lasting or living only one year or season.
11) [noun] The grass Saccharum sara (= S. munja) of Poaceae family.
12) [noun] plentifulness; bountifulness; excessiveness; abundance.
13) [noun] either of the flat surfaces alongside the forehead, in front of each ear of an elephant; the temples.
14) [noun] either of the two bones or bony parts that hold the teeth and frame the mouth in most vertebrates; the jaw.
15) [noun] a pointed straight missile to be shot from a bow; an arrow.
16) [noun] a social convention carried on by tradition and enforced by social disapproval of any violation; a ustom.
17) [noun] the fine, dustlike mass of grains that are produced in the anthers or microspore sacs of seed plants, containing the male sexual cells (gametophytes) of the plant; pollen.
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Kada (ಕದ):�
1) [noun] a movable structure for opening or closing an entrance, as to a building or room, that usu. turns on hinges; a door.
2) [noun] ಕದ ತಿನ್ನುವವನಿಗೆ ಹಪ್ಪ� ಈಡ� [kada tinnuvavanige happala ide]? kada tinnuvavanige happaḷa īḍe? hewho has eaten up a vat asks for the pipkin; ಕದ ತಿನ್ನುವವ� ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಪ್ಪ� ಬಾಳುವುದೇ [kada tinnuvavara maneyalli happala baluvude]? kada tinnuvavara maneyalli happaḷa bāḷuvudē? = ಕದ ತಿನ್ನುವವನಿಗೆ ಹಪ್ಪ� ಈಡ� [kada tinnuvavanige happala ide]?
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Kada (ಕದ):—[noun] a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general level of the ground; a cloud.
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ḍa (ಕಾ�):�
1) [noun] a man dwelling in a forest; a forest-dweller.
2) [noun] an unrefined, uncultured or uncivilised man.
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ḍa (ಕಾ�):—[noun] the colour of charcoal; black colour.
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 Dictionary1) Kaḍ� (कड�):—adj. 1. hard; stiff tough; 2. difficult; burdensome; 3. strong; 4. harsh; severe;
2) Kada (कद):—n. (esp. of humans) height; stature;
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.
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Partial matches: Kim, Ka, A, Dhavala.
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