Gokarna, Gokarṇā, Gokarṇa, Go-karna: 40 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Gokarṇa (गोकर्ण):—(go + karṇa)

1) adj. Kuhohren habend, von Menschen [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 205.] von Dämonen [WOLLHEIM, Myth. 138.] —

2) m. a) Kuhohr: gokarṇasadṛśau kṛtvā karau [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 57.] — b) eine Hirschart (Antilope picta nach [HAUGHT.]) [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 10.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 126.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1293.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 203.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 47.] vyāghragokarṇagavayāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 103, 41.] in Sumpfgegenden sich aufhaltend [Suśruta 1, 204, 11. 205, 10.] — c) Maulthier [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) Schlange [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1303,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 15.] — e) eine Art Pfeil [Mahābhārata 8, 4668. fg.] — f) Spanne des Daumens und Ringfingers [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 34.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 595.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] sākṣī vā vibruvaṃsākṣyaṃ gokarṇaśithilaścaran . sahasraṃ vāruṇānpāśānātmani pratimuñcati .. [Mahābhārata 2, 2324.] — g) Nomen proprium eines dem Śiva geheiligten Wallfahrtsortes [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 571.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1567. 7884. 3, 8166. 8341. 15999. 6, 246. 7, 2098. 13, 1301. 14, 2478.] [Harivaṃśa 8493. fg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 43, 13. 3, 36, 18. 5, 32, 40.] [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 33.] [Vārāhapurāṇa] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 485.] — h) der in Gokarṇa verehrte Śiva: yayau tatra vāridhestīravartinam . antakāle namaskartuṃ gokarṇākhyamumāpatim [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 218.] gokarṇa kuhorig neben śaṅkukarṇa. mahā, kumbha und gajendra als Beiname von Śiva [Mahābhārata 12,10351.] — i) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge von Śiva [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — k) Nomen proprium eines Königs der Kaśmīra, der eine nach ihm benannte Statue des Śiva (gokarṇeśvara) errichtet, [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 348.] —

3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge von Skanda [Mahābhārata 9, 2643.] —

4) f. ī Name einer Pflanze. Sanseviera zeylanica Willd. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — Einige von den substantivischen Bedd. sind aus der urspr. subst. Bed. Kuhohr, die meisten aus der adj. kuhorig hervorgegangen. Bei einigen Bedd. sind beide Auffassungen möglich.

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Gokarṇa (गोकर्ण):—

2) g) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10,79,19.] [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,2. 74,a,22. 257,a,23. 258,a,35.] n. ein Wald [53,a,1.] — h) [Kathāsaritsāgara 90, 144.] vielleicht hierher auch [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 16.] — l) Nomen proprium eines Muni [Oxforder Handschriften 52,b,1 v. u.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Gokarṇa (गोकर्ण):—1. m. Kuhohr. Vgl. śithila.

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Gokarṇa (गोकर्ण):—2. —

1) Adj. kuhohrig.

2) m. — a) Antilope picta — b) *Maulthier. — c) Schlange [Mahābhārata 8,90.42] *nach [Nīlakaṇṭha]). Vielleicht eine Art Pfeil. — d) Spanne des Daumens und Ringfingers [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,121,7.370,1.2,51,20.] — e) Nomen proprium eines dem Śiva geheiligten Wallfahrtsortes. — f) der in Gokrṇa verehrte Śiva. — g) Nomen proprium — α) *eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva's. — β) verschiedener Männer. —

3) f. ā — a) Schlangenweibchen [Mahābhārata 8,90,42] (nach [Nīlakaṇṭha]). — b) Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's. —

4) *f. ī Sanseviera zeylanica.

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