gada
गदा gadāThe mace, one of Vishnu's four emblems (named Kaumodaki), read as the power of strength and intellect.
Where this term appears
- Vishnu's Emblems: Conch, Discus, Mace and Lotus Deities
The mace is the gada , named Kaumodaki , which the Mahabharata , in Kisari Mohan Ganguli's translation, tells us was given to Krishna at the burning of the Khandava forest.
- Who is Hanuman? Deities
He carries the gada , the heavy mace, the weapon of his strength.
- Who is Vishnu? Deities
The gada , the mace named Kaumodaki , is the power that protects.
- Bagalamukhi: The Stiller of Tongues Treatise
With her left hand she seizes the tongue of her enemy; with her right she raises a club, gada , to strike.