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gorakṣa गोरक्ष – gorakṣa

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

—Go-rakṣa, as, ā, am, keeping or tending cattle; (as), m. a cowherd, a cowkeeper, the tender of kine: a Gorkha or inhabitant of Nepāl; an epithet of Śiva; N. of the author of a work entitled Gorakṣa-śataka; the orange; N. of a medicinal plant, = ṛṣabha; (am), n. keeping or tending cattle; breeding cattle; the life of a herdsman; (ī), f., N. of several plants, = gandha-bahulā, gopālī, &c.; also = gorakṣa- dugdhā; a kind of cucumber, = kumbha-tumbī.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

gorakṣa (go + rakṣa) 1〉 m. a〉 Kuhhirt H. an. 3,734. MED. ṣ. 36 (lies: gavāñca st. yāvāñca). — b〉 Bein. Śivaʼs WILS. — c〉 N. pr. eines Autors Verz. d. B. H. No. 647. fg. Verz. d. B. H. No. 941. fg. Verz. d. B. H. No. 1403. — d〉 Orangenbaum H. an. MED. — e〉 N. einer Arzeneipflanze (ṛṣabha) ŚKDR. angeblich nach H. — 2〉 n. das Hüten der Rinder, Rindviehzucht, Hirtenleben: gorakṣaṃ karṣaṇam MBH. 2,525. kṛpigorakṣamityeke pratipadyanti mānavāḥ MBH. 3,15399. MBH. 13,2094. M. 10,82 (v. l. gorakṣya). R. 2,67,16. Auch gorakṣā f. MBH. 2,1206. HARIV. 363. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. āḥ nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣā (bhūḥ) MBH. 1,7675. Statt gorakṣa n. ist wohl überall gorakṣya oder gaurakṣya zu lesen; kṣa und kṣya werden auch sonst mit einander verwechselt. — 3〉 f. ī N. versch. Pflanzen: a〉 = gandhabahulā, gopālī, citralā, dīrghadaṇḍī, pañcaparṇikā, sarpadaṇḍī, sudaṇḍikā. — b〉 = gorakṣadugdhā. — c〉 = kumbhatumbī eine Gurkenart RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

gorakṣa 1〉c〉 HALL 15 (˚nātha). HALL. 124. ˚śataka HALL. 18. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 236,a, No. 567. ˚kalpa, ˚sahasranāman WILSON, Sel. Works 1,216.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

gorakṣa — 1〉 m. — a〉 *Kuhhirt. — b〉 *Bein. Śivaʼs. — c〉 N. pr. eines Autors. Auch ˚nāṭha — d〉 *Orangenbaum. — e〉 *eine best. Heilpflanze. — 2〉 f. ā das Hüten der Rinder, Hirtenleben, Rindviehzucht. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — 3〉 *f. ī Name verschiedener Pflanzen, die zu Umhegungen gebraucht werden; eine Art runder Gurken RĀJAN. 7,160 = sudaṇḍikā RĀJAN 5,94 = gorakṣadugdhā. — 4〉 n. fehlerhaft für gorakṣya.

Occurrences in source texts (6)

GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 1–8: Learning and Liberation 1 occurrence

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GoS 101–101.1: Turning Enjoyment Inwards 1 occurrence

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HP 4 occurrences
HP 1.4-1.10: Lineage of Siddhas 2 occurrences

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HP 1.50–54: Siṃhāsana and Bhadrāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 4.11*29-4.11*31: Transition to Nāda 1 occurrence

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