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The corpus record — Pali

gaggarā

Gaggara

roaring, only in f. gaggarī a blacksmith’s bellows: kammāra˚, in simile MN.i.243 SN.i.106 ; Vism.287 . (nt.) cackling, cawing, in haṃsa˚ ; the sound of geese Ja.v.96 (expl. by haṃsamadhurassara). Gaggarā as Name of a lake at Vism.208 See note on gala. Vedic gargara throat, whirlpool. *gṷer to sling

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  • Digha Nikaya 4 · 0.28/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

  1. roaring, only in f. gaggarī a blacksmith’s bellows: kammāra˚, in simile MN.i.243 SN.i.106; Vism.287.
  2. (nt.) cackling, cawing, in haṃsa˚; the sound of geese Ja.v.96 (expl. by haṃsamadhurassara).

Gaggarā as Name of a lake at Vism.208 See note on gala.

Vedic gargara throat, whirlpool. *gṷer to sling down, to whirl, cp. Gr. βάραχρον, Lat. gurges, gurgulio Ohg. querechela “kehle”

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.