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