gorakṣa गोरक्ष – gorakṣa
adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
gorakṣa
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
HP 4 occurrences
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