गर्त

From a phonetic variant of कर्त (karta, “hole”).

गर्त • (garta) stem, m

1. a hollow, hole, cave, grave
2. a canal
3. the hollow of the loins
4. a kind of disease

Probably a semantic extension of Etymology 1. Alternative theories suggesting origin from a separate root (compare Latvian galds (“board”), Swedish karm (“door or window frame”)) are uncertain.

गर्त • (garta) stem, m

1. a high seat, throne (of Mitra and Varuṇa), "a house"
2. the seat of a war chariot
3. a chariot
4. a table for playing at dice

• Monier Williams (1899) “गर्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 349/1-2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गर्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 472-473
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 372