goṣṭhī गोष्ठी – learned discussion; assembly; company; conversation

substantive feminine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

learned discussion; assembly; company; conversation

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

goṣṭhiḥ -ṣṭhī f. 1 An assembly, meeting. 2 Society, association. 3 Conversation, chitchat, discourse; goṣṭhī satkavibhiḥ samaṃ Bh. 1. 28; Māl. 10. 25; tenaiva saha sarvadā goṣṭhīmanubhavati Pt. 2. 4 A multitude or collection. 5 Family connections, relatives, especially such as require to be maintained. 6 A kind of dramatic composition in one act. ˚patiḥ 1 the chief of an assembly, president. 2 the master of a family.