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gavya

Nom. 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.]