Goraksha, Gorakṣa, Go-raksha: 21 definitions
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Goraksha has 19 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Gorakṣa can be transliterated into English as Goraksa or Goraksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGorakṣa (गोरक्ष):—(go + rakṣa)
1) m. a) Kuhhirt [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 734.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 36] (lies: gavāñca st. yāvāñca). — b) Beiname Śiva’s [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — c) Nomen proprium eines Autors [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 647. fg.] [941. 1403.] — d) Orangenbaum [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) Name einer Arzeneipflanze (ṛṣabha) [Śabdakalpadruma] angeblich nach H. —
2) n. das Hüten der Rinder, Rindviehzucht, Hirtenleben: gorakṣaṃ karṣaṇam [Mahābhārata 2, 525.] kṛpigorakṣamityeke pratipadyanti mānavāḥ [3, 15399. 13, 2094.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 82 ] (v. l. gorakṣya). [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 67, 16.] Auch gorakṣā f. [Mahābhārata 2, 1206.] [Harivaṃśa 363.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. āḥ nivṛttakṛṣigorakṣā (bhūḥ) [Mahābhārata 1, 7675.] Statt gorakṣa n. ist wohl überall gorakṣya oder gaurakṣya zu lesen; kṣa und kṣya werden auch sonst mit einander verwechselt. —
3) f. ī N. versch. Pflanzen: a) = gandhabahulā, gopālī, citralā, dīrghadaṇḍī, pañcaparṇikā, sarpadaṇḍī, sudaṇḍikā . — b) = gorakṣadugdhā . — c) = kumbhatumbī eine Gurkenart [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Gorakṣa (गोरक्ष):—
1) c) [HALL 15] (nātha) . [124.] śataka [18.] [Oxforder Handschriften 236,a, No. 567.] kalpa, sahasranāman [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 216.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGorakṣa (गोरक्ष):——
1) m. — a) *Kuhhirt. — b) *Beiname Śiva's. — c) Nomen proprium eines Autors. Auch nāṭha — d) *Orangenbaum. — e) *eine best. Heilpflanze. —
2) f. ā das Hüten der Rinder , Hirtenleben , Rindviehzucht. Am End eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
3) *f. ī Name verschiedener Pflanzen , die zu Umhegungen gebraucht werden ; eine Art runder Gurken [Rājan 7,160.] = sudaṇḍikā [5,94.] = gorakṣadugdhā. —
4) n. fehlerhaft für gorakṣya.
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Starts with (+8): Gorakshacikitsa, Gorakshadasa, Gorakshadugdha, Gorakshadugdhi, Gorakshaganja, Gorakshajambu, Gorakshaka, Gorakshakalpa, Gorakshakarkati, Gorakshakhyana, Gorakshakritagrantha, Gorakshamuli, Gorakshana, Gorakshanatha, Gorakshaphalini, Gorakshapura, Gorakshasahasranaman, Gorakshasamhita, Gorakshasana, Gorakshashataka.
Ends with: Dattatreyagoraksha, Nivrittakrishigoraksha, Sadgoraksha.
Full-text (+164): Gorakshatandula, Gorakshajambu, Gorakshashataka, Sadgoraksha, Gorakshi, Gorakshasana, Gorakshakalpa, Gorakshadasa, Gorakshakarkati, Gorakshasahasranaman, Gorakshanatha, Gorakshadugdha, Gorakshatumbi, Gorakshapura, Gorakshamuli, Gorakshaka, Gorakshadugdhi, Gorakshe, Kharavallika, Gorakshya.
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