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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
gavगव्in Ved. comp. for gó
gavīगवीf. ifc. for gó, a cow, cattle (see before)
speech, [Śiś. ii, 68.]
f. of °va, q.v.
gavaगवmf(I)n. in comp. before a word beginning with a vowel [[Pāṇ. vi, 1, 123 f.]] and ifc. [[v, 4, 92] and [vi, 2, 72]; f(I). cf. guru-gavī́, brahma-gavī, brāhmaṇa-, bhilla-, strī-] for gó, a cow, cattle (cf. ṣaḍ-gavá, dvādaśa-gavá &c.)
gaviगवि(loc. sg. of gó; in comp.)
gavāmगवाम्(gen. pl. of gó; in comp.)
gaveṣगवेष्gav—eṣ cl. 1. Ā. °ṣate, to seek, search or inquire for (acc.), [SaddhP.]; [Ṛtus. i, 21] : cl. 10. °ṣayati, °te id., [MBh. iii], [xii]; [Kathās.]; [Vīrac. viii, 6.]
gav-eṣ &c. See gav.
gaviṣगविष्gav—íṣ mfn. wishing for cows, desirous (in general), eager, fervent, [iv, 41, 7]; [viii], [x].
gavyāगव्याgávyā f. a cow-herd, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 50]
the measure commonly called Gav-yūti (q.v.), [L.]
See also gavyā́
gavyā́ f. (fr. 1. gavya) desire for or delight in cows, [viii, 46, 10] and [ix, 64, 4] (instr. °vyā́)
desire for (what comes from a cow i.e. for) milk, [viii, 93, 17] (instr. °vyayā́).
gavyaगव्यNom. P. °vyati, to desire cattle or cows, [Vop. xxi, 2]; See gavyát.
gávya mfn. (or less common gavyá, [RV.] six times, [TS. v]; [ŚBr. xiii]) ([Pāṇ. v, 1, 2] and [39]; [iv, 3, 160]) consisting of cattle or cows, coming from or belonging to a cow (as milk, curds, &c.; cf. pañcag°), [RV.]; [VS.] &c.
proper or fit for cattle, [L.]
sacred to the cow, worshipping the cow, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 85], Vārtt. 9, [Pat.]
gávya m. pl. N. of a people (living to the north of Madhya-deśa), [VarBṛS.]
gávya f. n. a bow-string, [L.]
= gavya-dṛḍha, [L.]
gávya n. cattle, cow-herd, [RV. i, 140, 13]; [v, 34, 8]; [vii, 18, 7] (gavyá); [ix, 62, 23]
pasture land, [AitBr. iv, 27, 9]; [Lāṭy. x, 17, 4]
cow-milk, [Kum. vii, 72.]
&c., See [ib.]
gavyuगव्युgavyú mfn. desirous of or delighting in cows, [RV.]
desirous of milk, [ix, 97, 15]
fervent, [27, 4]
desirous of battle, [RV.]
gavāñcगवाञ्च्mf(gocI)n., [iii, 165].
gavācīगवाचीf. (of gavāñc) a kind of fish (Ophidium punctatum or Macrognathus Pankalus), [L.]
gavādiगवादिgav—ādi a Gaṇa of [Pāṇ. v, 1, 2.]
gavīdhuगवीधु= °dhuka in comp.
gavīśaगवीशgav—īśa m. an owner of kine, [Vop. ii, 15.]
gav-īśa &c. See gav.
gavīnīगवीनीgavīnī́ f.du., id. [i, 3, 6]; [v, 25, 10]-[13]; [TS. iii.]
sg. the womb, [MānGṛ.]
gavīḍāगवीडाf. the cow from which the milk is taken for a libation, [Vait. vii, 2], [xliii, 6.]
gavacīगवचीgav—acī f. = gavācī, [L.]
gavalaगवलm. the wild buffalo, [VarYogay. vi, 25]
n. buffalo's horn, [VarBṛS. xxxii, 17.]
gavayīगवयीgavayī́ (ī́), f. ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 63], Vārtt.; g. gaurādi) the female Gayal, [VS. xxiv, 30.]
gavayaगवयNom. P. (fr. gó) °yati (aor. ajūgavat), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 21]; [Siddh. 40.]
gavayá as, m. the Gayal (a species of ox, Bos gavaeus, erroneously classed by Hindu writers as a species of deer; cf. go-mṛgá), [RV. iv, 21, 8]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.] &c.
N. of a monkey-chief attached to Rāma (a son of Vaivasvata), [MBh. iii, 16271]; [R. iv, 25, 33]
[vi]
gavedhuगवेधुf. id., [Bhpr. vii, 72, 49.]
gaveśaगवेशm. = gav-iśa, [Vop. ii, 15]
v.l. for gav-eṣa.
&c. See gava.
gaveḍuगवेडुf. = °vīdhu, [L.]
m. a cloud, [W.]
&c., °védhuka See °vīdhu.
gaveṣaगवेषgav—eṣa mfn. (g. saṃkalādi) See dharma-.
gav-eṣa &c. See gav.
gavinīगविनीf. a herd of cows g. khalādi.
gaviṣaगविषgav—iṣá mfn. id., [iv, 13, 2] and [40, 2.]
gavyatगव्यत्gavyát mfn. (pr. p. fr. 1. gavya) wishing for or desirous of cattle, [RV.]
ardently or fervently desiring, fervent, [RV.]
desirous of battle, [RV.]
gavāśirगवाशिर्gáv—āśir (gáv-), mfn. mixed with milk (as Soma), [RV.]
gavāśvaगवाश्वn. sg. (cf. go-aśvá and go-'śvá) cattle and horses, [MBh. i], [iii]; [R. i, 6, 7]
śvādi, a Gaṇa of [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 11.]
gavāgraगवाग्रn. = gó-agra, [Vop. ii, 18.]
gavākṣaगवाक्षm. ([Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. v, 4, 76] and [vi, 1, 123]) ‘a bull's eye’, an air-hole, loop-hole, round window, [R.]; [Ragh.] (ifc. f(A). , [Ragh. xi, 93]), [Kum.] &c.
the mesh of a shirt of mail, [Hariv. 2439]
N. of a warrior (brother of Śakuni), [MBh. vi, 3997]; [vii, 6944] (B.)
of a monkey-chief attached to Rāma (son of Vaivasvata and leader of the Golāṅgūlas), [iii, 16272]; [R. iv, 25, 33] and [39, 27]; [vi, 3, 36] and [22, 2]
m. n. N. of a lake, [Rājat. v, 423]
m. N. of a plant (Cucumis maderaspatanus, [L.]; Cucumis coloquintida, [L.]; Clitoria Ternatea, [L.]), [Car. vi, 4, 53]; [Suśr. i], [iv ff.]
gavārtheगवार्थेind. loc. id., [Mn. x, 62]; [xi, 80]; [MBh. xiii]; [Pañcat. ii, 3, 35.]
gavārhaगवार्हmfn. of the value of a cow, [MBh. ii, 828.]
gavāsthiगवास्थि(said of partic. arrows not to be employed in fair fighting), [MBh.]
gavāyusगवायुस्n. sg. and du. the Ekāha ceremonies called Go and Āyus, [Vait. xxxi, 14]
[xl.]
gaveṣinगवेषिन्gav—eṣin mfn. ifc. seeking, searching, [MBh. iii]; [Lalit. xvii f.]; [Kathās.]
gav—eṣin m. N. of a son of Citraka and brother of Pṛthu, [Hariv.]
gaviṣṭhaगविष्ठm. (superl. of gó, ‘a ray’; or fr. gavi + stha, ‘standing in water’) the sun, [BhP. i, 10, 36]
N. of a Dānava, [MBh. i, 2538] and [2670]; [Hariv. 2285 ff.]; [12695]; [12942]; [14288.]
gaviṣṭiगविष्टिgáv—iṣṭi (gáv-), mfn. id., [RV.]
gáv—iṣṭi f. desire , eagerness, ardour, fervour, [RV.]
desire for fighting, ardour of battle, battle, [RV.]
gavodghaगवोद्घm. an excellent cow, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 66], Sch.
gavyūtaगव्यूतgav—yūta n. (= go-yuta) the measure commonly called Gav-yūti (also half its length, [L.]), [Pañcad. ii, 105.]
gavyūtiगव्यूतिgáv—yūti (gáv-), f. ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 79], Vārtt. 2 f.) a pasture, piece of pasture land, district, place of residence, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS. ii] (cf. a-, urú-, dūré-, paro-, svastí-)
a measure of length (= 4000 Daṇḍas or 2 Krośas), [TāṇḍyaBr. xvi, 13, 12]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Rājat.]
(accord. to some, ‘road for the cows’; ‘any road or way’; ‘a herd of cattle’).
gáv-yūti See [ib.]
gavyayaगव्ययgavyáya mf(I)n. belonging to or coming from cattle, [ix, 70, 7] and [x, 48, 4].
gavyayuगव्ययुgavyayú mfn. desirous of cattle, [ix, 36] and [98.]
gavāśanaगवाशनm. (= go-bhakṣaka) a worker in leather, shoemaker, [Subh.]
gavādanīगवादनीf. (g. gaurādi) a trough for holding grass to feed cattle, [L.]
a species of cucumber (Cucumis coloquintida), [L.]
Clitoria Ternatea, [L.]
gavādanaगवादनn. ‘cattle-food’, pasture or meadow grass, [L.]
gavākṛtiगवाकृतिmfn. cow-shaped, [W.]
gavākṣinगवाक्षिन्m. Trophis aspera, [L.]
gavālūkaगवालूकm. (= °vayá) the Gayal, [L.]
gavāmayaगवामयgavām—aya m. ‘going of cows’, N. of a ceremony, [MBh. iii, 8176]; [xiii, 5177] and [7128.]
gavāmṛtaगवामृतn. ‘cow-nectar’, cow-milk, [MBh. iii, 17351.]
gavānṛtaगवानृतn. a lie told with respect to a cow, [Mn. viii, 98.]
gavārthamगवार्थम्ind. for the sake of a cow, [W.]
gavāvikaगवाविकn. sg. cattle and sheep g. gavāśvādi.
gavāyutaगवायुतn. N. of a Tīrtha, [BhP. x, 79, 18.]
gavaiḍakaगवैडकn. sg. (g. gavāśvādi) kine and sheep, [MānGṛ. ii, 13]
gavelaga, [Jain.]
gavīdhukāगवीधुकाgavī́dhukā f. id., [ĀpŚr. xv, 3, 16]; [xvi f.]
gavīdhukaगवीधुकgavī́dhuka m. Coix barbata, [TS. v, 4, 3, 2]
gavīnikāगवीनिकाgavī́nikā f. du. the groins (or another part of the body near the pudenda), [AV. i, 11, 5] and [ix, 8, 7.]
gavadikaगवदिकm. pl. See gabd°.
gavarājaगवराजgava—rāja m. a bull, [W.]
gavedhukāगवेधुकाgavédhukā f. = °vī́dh°, [ŚBr. v], [xiv]
Sida alba, [Bhpr.]
= gaveśakā, [L.]
gavedhukaगवेधुकgavédhuka m. id., [Hariv. 11164]; [Suśr. i, 46, 1, 18]
a kind of serpent, [v, 4, 32]
gavédhuka n. = gaveruka, [L.]
gaveśakāगवेशकाf. (= gavedhukā) Hedysarum lagopodioides, [L.]
gavendraगवेन्द्रm. ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 124]) ? [Kāś.]
= gav-īśa, [Vop. ii, 15]
a bull, [Hcat.]
gaveḍukāगवेडुकाf. = °vīdhu, [L.], Sch.
gaveraṇiगवेरणिpl. N. of a family, [Pravar. ii, 3, 1]
([i, 1] garevaṇi v.l. vir°.)
gaverukaगवेरुकn. (= °vedhuka) red chalk, [L.]
gaveṣṭhinगवेष्ठिन्m. N. of a Dānava, [Hariv. 197.]
gaveṣaṇāगवेषणाgav—éṣaṇā f. id., [L.]
gaveṣaṇaगवेषणgav—éṣaṇa mfn. desiring ardently or fervently, [RV.]
desirous of combat, [RV.]; [AV. v, 20, 11]
gav—éṣaṇa m. N. of a Vṛṣṇi, [MBh. i, 6999]; [Hariv.]
gav—éṣaṇa n. seeking after, searching for, [R. vi, 109, 40]; [Kathās. xxi], [lxxxvi]
gav-éṣaṇa &c. See gav.
gaveṣitaगवेषितgav—eṣita mfn. sought, sought for, [Kathās. cxviii.]
gavijātaगविजातgavi—jāta m. ‘cow-born’, N. of a muni, [MBh. xiii, 2682 ff.]
gavāhnikaगवाह्निकn. the daily amount of food given to a cow, [MBh. xiii, 6175 ff.]
gavākṣakaगवाक्षकm. (= °kṣa) an air-hole, loophole, round window, [MBh. i, 5003]; [Mṛcch.]; [VarBṛS.]
mfn. ifc. [MBh. xiii, 976]; [Kathās.]
gavākṣitaगवाक्षितmfn. furnished with windows or air-holes, [Suśr.]
forming a lattice, lattice-like, [R. B. iii, 15, 15]; [Suśr.]
(with instr.), [Kād. v, 1043]
ifc. [Car. vi, 18, 51.]
gavālambhaगवालम्भga—°vālambha m. ‘killing a cow’, hospitality, [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
gavāmmedhaगवाम्मेधgavām—medha m. sacrifice of cows, [MBh. iii, 8040]; [xiii, 5231] and [5378.]
gavāmpatiगवाम्पतिgavām—pati m. (gávām páti, [TBr. iii]) ‘cow-lord’, a bull, [MBh. iii, 11737]; [iv, 588]
‘lord of rays’, N. of the sun, [iii, 192]
of Agni, 14182
of a snake demon, [Kāraṇḍ. i, 18]
of a Buddh. mendicant, [Lalit. i, 6 f.]; [SaddhP. i.]
gavīdhumatगवीधुमत्gavīdhu—mat n. N. of a town, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 28], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.]
gavīśvaraगवीश्वरgav—īśvara m. id., [L.]
gavalgaṇaगवल्गणm. N. of Saṃjaya's father, [MBh. i, 2426] (cf. gāvalgaṇi.)
gaveśvaraगवेश्वरm. = gav-īś°, [L.]
gaviputraगविपुत्रgavi—putra m. ‘cow-son’, N. of Vaiśravaṇa, [iii, 15883.]
gaviṣṭhilaगविष्ठिलgavi—ṣṭhila for -ṣṭhira, g. haritādi ([Śākaṭ.] & [Gaṇar.])
gaviṣṭhiraगविष्ठिरgávi—ṣṭhira (gávi-), m. ([Pāṇ. viii, 3, 95]; g. haritādi), N. of a Ṛṣi of Atri's family, [RV. v, 1, 12]; [x, 150, 5]; [AV. iv, 29, 5] (gaví-), [ĀśvŚr. xii, 14, 1]; [Pravar.]
gavyadṛḍhaगव्यदृढgavya—dṛḍha the bile-stone of cattle (used as a colouring substance; cf. go-rocanā), [L.]
gavāmayanaगवामयनgavām—ayana n. id., [AitBr. iv, 17]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh. iii, 8080.]
gaveṣaṇīyaगवेषणीयgav—eṣaṇīya mfn. deserving to be sought for, [Sāy.]
gavākṣajālaगवाक्षजालgavākṣa—jāla n. (cf. jāla-g°) a lattice, trellis-work, [W.]
gavedhukāsaktuगवेधुकासक्तुgavedhukā-saktú m. pl. barley-meal prepared with Coix barbata, [ŚBr. ix, 1, 1, 8]; [KātyŚr.]
gavīdhukayavāgūगवीधुकयवागूgavīdhuka—yavāgū́ f. rice-gruel boiled with Coix barbata, [TS. v, 4, 3, 2.]