Gopashtami, Gōpāṣṭamī, Gopāṣṭamī: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Gōpāṣṭamī and Gopāṣṭamī can be transliterated into English as Gopastami or Gopashtami, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGopāṣṭamī (गोपाष्टमी):—(gopa + aṣṭamī) f. der 8te Tag in der lichten Hälfte des Monats Kārttika, an welchem Kṛṣṇa (gopa) von einem Hüter der Kälber zu einem der Kühe erhoben wurde; an diesem Tage wird den Kühen eine besondere Verehrung erwiesen. [Kūrmapurāṇa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGopāṣṭamī (गोपाष्टमी):—f. der achte Tag in der lichten Hälfte des Kārttika.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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