godā गोदा go—dā f. the river commonly called go-dāvarī, [Kathārṇ.] (cf. anu-godam). go—dā́ mfn. presenting with cattle or kine, [RV.] godāna गोदान go—dāna n. gift of a cow, [MBh. xiii, 3345]; [R. vii]; [PSarv.] go—dā́na , &c. see s.v. godā́na n. (dāna, fr. √ do ? ‘place where the hair (go) is cut’, [Ragh. iii, 33], Sch.) the side-hair, [ŚBr. iii]; [KātyŚr.]; [PārGṛ.] = -maṅgala, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Kauś.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Gobh.]; [Gaut.]; [R.] godāya गोदाय go—dāya mfn. intending to present with cattle or cows, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 12], [Kāś.] godānīya गोदानीय go—°dānīya m. N. of a Dvīpa, [Lalit. xii, 186] (cf. apara-godāna.) &c. See gó, p. 365, col. 1. godānika गोदानिक mfn. = gaud°, [Gobh. iii, 1, 28.] godāraṇa गोदारण go—dāraṇa n. ‘opening the earth’, a plough, [L.] a spade or hoe, [L.] godāvarī गोदावरी go—dāvarī f. (= -dā s.v. 1. -da) ‘granting water or kine’, N. of a river in the Dekhan, [MBh. iii]; [Hariv. 12826]; [R. iii], [vi]; [Ragh.] &c. go-dāvarī &c. See [ib.] godānavidhi गोदानविधि godāna—vidhi m. id., [Ragh. iii, 33.] godānavrata गोदानव्रत go—dāna-vrata n. a vow taken at the Go-dāna ceremony, [ĀpGṛ.] godānamaṅgala गोदानमङ्गल godāna—maṅgala n. a ceremony performed with the side-hair of a youth of 16 or 18 years (when he has attained puberty and shortly before marriage), [R. (G) i, 73, 22.] godāvarītīrtha गोदावरीतीर्थ go—dāvarī—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [SkandaP.] godāvarīsaṃgama गोदावरीसंगम go—dāvarī—saṃgama m. N. of a place. godāvarīmāhātmya गोदावरीमाहात्म्य go—dāvarī—māhātmya n. ‘glory of the Godāvarī’, N. of wk.