गोष्ठgoṣṭhaष्ठम् [ṣṭham], ष्ठम् [गावस्तिष्ठन्त्यत्र घञर्थे क षत्वम्] (Usually गोष्ठम् only)
- ष्ठम् ṣṭham, ष्ठम् गावस्तिष्ठन्त्यत्र घञर्थे क षत्वम् (Usually गोष्ठम् only)
- A cowpen, cowhouse, cow-station.
- A station of cowherds.
- An abode, place of living; गोष्ठान् हरीणां गिरिसेतुमालाः Mb.3.177.3.
Derived forms and compounds
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-ष्ठः
- An assembly or meeting.
- An epithet of Śiva.
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-ष्ठम् A purificatory श्राद्ध ceremony; वाच्यं गोष्ठे तु सुश्रुतम् Ms.3.254. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपतिः a chief herdsman. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवेदिका a mound or altar in a cowpen. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedश्वः a dog in a cowpen which barks at every one; applied figuratively to a slanderous person, one who stays idly at home and slanders his neighbours. गोष्ठेपण्डितः 'wise in a cowpen,' a braggart, vain boaster. गोष्ठेक्ष्वेडिन् Masculine a boasting coward; also गोष्ठपटु, गोष्ठेप्रगल्भः, -शूरः etc.
