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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for गव

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गवgava(A substitute for गो at the beginning of certain compounds, especially before words beginning with vowels or…
    1. (A substitute for गो at the beginning of certain compounds, especially before words beginning with vowels or as the second member of Dvigu comp.; पञ्चगवम् five cows; गवाकृति cow-shaped).
    2. Compound अक्षः an air hole, a round window; विलोलनेत्रभ्रमरैर्गवाक्षाः सहस्रपत्राभरणा इवासन् R.7.11; कुवलयितगवाक्षां लोचनैरङ्गनानाम् 11.93; Ku. 7.58; Me.1. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedजालम् a lattice.
    3. the mesh of a shirt of mail.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अक्षकः an air-hole.

    • -अक्षित Adjective furnished with windows.

    • -अग्रम् a multitude of cows; (written as गोऽग्रम्, गोअग्रम् and गवाग्रम्).

    • -अदनम् pasture or meadow grass.

    • -अदनी

      1. a pasture.
      2. a manger, a trough for holding grass etc. for feeding cattle.

    • -अधिका lac.

    • -अनृतम् a lie on cow's oath (अनृतगोशपथस्य पापम्); तस्या- धर्मो गवानृतम् Mb.13.23.33; Ms.8.98.

    • -अमृतम्

      1. the beverage or nectar consisting of rays of light.
      2. cow's milk.

    • -अर्ह Adjective of the value of a cow.

    • -अविकम् cattle and sheep.

    • -अशनः

      1. a shoe-maker.
      2. an out-cast.

    • -अश्वम् bulls and horses.

    • -आकृति Adjective cow-shaped.

    • -आलम्भः the cow-killing in मधुपर्क rite.

    • -आह्निकम् the daily measure of food given to a cow; a kind of व्रत; निरुद्विग्नस्तु यो दद्यान्मासमेकं गवाह्निकम् Mb.13.133.3.

    • -इन्द्रः

      1. an owner of kine.
      2. an excellent bull.

    • -ईशः, -ईश्वरः an owner of cows.

    • -उद्धः an excellent cow or bull; Rām.4.28.43; Mb.13.78.14.

    • -राजः a bull.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गवgava(erase 1.)
    1. (erase 1.)
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender in compound before a word beginning with a vowel ([Pa1n2. 6-1, 123 feminine]) and in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' ([v, 4, 92 and vi, 2, 72; f(ई). confer, compare गुरु-गव्/ई, ब्रह्म-गवी, ब्राह्मण-, भिल्ल-, स्त्री-]) for ग्/ओ, a cow, cattle (confer, compare षड्-गव्/अ, द्वादश-गव्/अ etc.)
    3. feminine speech S3is3. ii, 68.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गवgava[gava] m. ox (only ˚-or --˚).

    [gava] masculine ox (only ˚-or --˚).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · गव

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