गाढ [gāḍha] See under गाह्.
गाढ [gāḍha] p.p. p. p. p. [गाह्-क्त]
Dived or plunged into, bathed in, deeply entered.
Frequently plunged into, resorted to, thickly crowded or inhabited; तपस्विगाढां तमसां प्राप नदीं तुरङ्गमेण
[R.9.72.] Closely pressed together, tightly drawn, fast, close, tight; गाढाङ्गदै- र्बाहुभिः
[R.16.6;] गाढालिङ्गन
[Amaru.4,] a close embrace;
[Ch. P.6.] Thick, dense.
Deep, impervious.
Strong, vehement, excessive, intense; गाढनिद्रामवाप fell fast asleep; 2. ˚उद्वेग excessively tormented;
[U.3.31;] [Māl.9.12;] गाढोत्कण्ठाललितलुलितैरङ्ग-
कैस्ताम्यतीति
[Māl.1.15;] [Me.85;] प्राप्तगाढप्रकम्पा
[Ś. Til.12;] [Amaru.74;] so also गाढतप्तेन तप्तम्
[Me.14.] -ढम् ind. Closely, fast, much, excessively, heavily, vehemently, powerfully. -Comp.
-अङ्गद a. a. having closely fitting armlets;
[R.16.6.] -आलिङ्गनम् a close embrace.-कर्णः an attentive ear; ता ये पिबन्त्यवितृषो नृप गाढकर्णैः
[Bhāg.4.29.41.] -तरम् ind.
more tightly, closely.
more intensely.
-मुष्टि a. a. close-fisted, avaricious, miserly. (-ष्टिः) a sword.
-वचस् m. m. a frog.
-वर्चस् a. a. costive, constipated.