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Entry गौरी

गौरीgaurī1 N. of Pārvatī; as in गौरीनाथ.
1. 1 Name of Pārvatī; as in गौरीनाथ.
2. A young girl eight years old; अष्टवर्षा भवेद्गौरी.
3. A young girl prior to menstruation, virgin, maid; स्त्रीणां सहस्रं गौरीणाम् Mb.1.221.49.
4. A woman with a white or yellowish complexion.
5. The earth; गौर्यां गच्छति सुश्रोणि लोकेष्वेषा गतिः सदा Mb.13.146.1.
6. Turmeric.
7. A yellow pigment or dye; (called गोरोचना).
8. The wife of Varuṇa; वरुणस्य तथा गौरी Mb.13.146.5.
9. The Mallikā creeper.
10. The Tulasī plant
11. The Manjishṭhā plant.
12. Speech.
13. Name of a Nāgakanyā. Compare ...... गौरी तु नागकन्योमयोर्मता Nm.
14. Name of a river; Latin D. B.
15. Night; Latin D. B.
16. Name of a Rāgiṇi.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कान्तः, -नाथः an epithet of Śiva.
- -गुरुः the Himālaya mountain; गौरीगुरोर्गह्वरमाविवेश R.2.26; Ki.5.21.
- -चतुर्थी, -पूजा the 4th day of the bright half of माघ; a festival on this day.
- -जः Name of Kārtikeya. (-जम्) talc.
- -नाथः Name of Śiva; गौरीनाथं पवनतनयं चम्पकं चास्य भावम् Udb. Bh.3.123.
- -पट्टः the horizontal plate of the Linga of Śiva.
- -पुत्रः Name of Kārtikeya.
- -ललितम्
  
  a yellow orpiment. सुतः Name of Kārtikeya.
  
  the son of a girl married when 8 years old.
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