Govardhana, Go-vardhana: 21 definitions

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

Govardhana (गोवर्धन):—(go + vardhana) m.

1) Nomen proprium eines Berges bei Mathurā, welchen einst Kṛṣṇa, um die durch ein von Indra gesandtes Unwetter bedrohten Kühe zu retten, aufhob und über ihnen als Schutzdach sieben Tage lang auf der Hand hielt. valmīkamātraḥ (so bezeichnet Śiśupāla den Berg um Kṛṣṇa’s Grossthat herabzusetzen) saptāhaṃ yadyanena dhṛto calaḥ . tadā govardhano bhīṣma na taccitraṃ mataṃ mayā .. [Mahābhārata 2, 1441. 5, 4410.] [Harivaṃśa 3163. 3387. 3499. 3703. fgg.] [3960. 7301. 8393. 9095.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 51.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 525. 527.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 19, 16.] [Gītagovinda 4, 23.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 81. 7.] Daher govardhanadhara als Beiname Kṛṣṇa’s [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 218.] [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] [Harivaṃśa 10406.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 198.] govardhanamāhātmya [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 485.] —

2) Bez. eines heiligen Feigenbaums (?) im Lande der Bāhīka: govardhano nāma vaṭaḥ subhadraṃ nāma catvaram [Mahābhārata 8. 2031.] —

3) Nomen proprium eines berühmten Autors [Gītagovinda 1, 4.] [Medinīkoṣa Anhang 2.] [Colebrooke II, 49. 55. 74. 450.] [WILSON] in der Einl. zur 1sten Ausgabe des Wörterb. [?XXXI. Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 118. 1045.] miśrago [680.] govardhanamiśra [Colebrooke I, 263.]

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Govardhana (गोवर्धन):—

3) [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 107. 3, 40. 4, 20. 68. 117. 213. 5, 19.] bhaṭṭagovardhanapaṇaka [HALL 101.] raṅgācārya [70.] govardhanācārya ein Dichter [Oxforder Handschriften 123,b,37.] govardhanānanda [182,b,33.] —

4) Beiname Kṛṣṇa’s, = govardhanadhara [VṚDDHA-Cāṇakya 15, 19.]

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

Govardhana (गोवर्धन):—m.

1) Nomen proprium — a) eines Berges , den Kṛṣṇa aufgehoben und als Schutzdach über Kühen gehalten haben soll. — b) eines Feigenbaumes. — c) eines Autors. Auch miśra , raṅgācārya , vardhanācārya , vardhanānanda , bhaṭṭagovardhanapaṇaka , miśra. —

2) Beiname Kṛṣṇa' [Indische sprüche 1318.]

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