ghóṣa m. indistinct noise, tumult, confused cries of a multitude, battle-cry, cries of victory, cries of woe or distress, any cry or sound, roar of animals, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
the sound of a drum, of a conch-shell, of the Soma stones, of a carriage, &c., [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
the whizzing or whir of a bow-string [[TBr. ii]], crackling of fire [[MBh. ix, 1334]], singing in the ear [[ŚBr. xiv]]
the roaring of a storm, of thunder, of water, &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [Suśr.]; [Megh.]
the sound of the recital of prayers, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Mṛcch. x, 12]
the sound of words spoken at a distance, [ŚBr. ix]
rumour, report (also personified, [KātyŚr.], Sch.), [RV. x, 33, 1]
a proclamation, [SaddhP. iv]
a sound (of speech), [ChUp.]; [Suśr.]
the soft sound heard in the articulation of the sonant consonants (g, gh, j, jh, ḍ, ḍh, d, dh, b, bh, ṅ, ñ, ṇ, n, m, y, r, l, v, h), the vowels, and Anusvāra which with the Yamas of the first 10 of the soft consonants make up altogether 40 sounds (cf. a-gh°), [RPrāt. xiii, 5 f.]; [APrāt.], Sch.; [Pāṇ. i, 1, 9], Sch.
an ornament that makes a tinkling sound, [BhP. x, 8, 22]
a station of herdsmen, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.] &c. (ifc. cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 85])
(pl.) the inhabitants of a station of herdsmen, [MBh. iv, 1152]
a particular form of a temple, [Hcat. ii, 1, 389]
a musquito, [L.]
Luffa foetida or a similar plant, [L.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10386]
N. of a man ([Sāy.]), [RV. i, 120, 5]
of an Asura, [Kāṭh. xxv, 8]
of a prince of the Kāṇva dynasty, [BhP. xii, 1, 16]
of a son of Dakṣa's daughter Lambā, [Hariv. 148] and [12480]
of an Arhat, [Buddh.]
a common N. for a Kāya-stha or one of the writer caste, [W.]
ghóṣa m. pl. (g. dhūmādi) N. of a people or country, [VarBṛS. xiv, 2]
ghóṣa m. n. brass, bell-metal, [L.]
ghóṣa , °ṣaka, &c. See √ 1. ghuṣ.