Gauda, Gauḍa, Gauḍā: 24 definitions
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraGauḍa (गौड).—In the “extraneous representation” (āhāryābhinaya) of dramatic plays, the women of Gauḍa are generally to have hairs curled, and they are to have the Śikhāpāśa and the Veṇī, according to Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 23. Gauḍa is probably the district of Malda and neighbouring regions of North Bengal.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: ŚāktismGauḍa (गौड) is the name of a Śāktapīṭha mentioned in the Kulārṇavatantra. The Kulārṇava-tantra is an important 11th century work for the Kaula school of Śāktism. It refers to eighteen such Śākta-pīṭhas (e.g. Gauḍa) which is defined as a sacred sanctuary of Devī located here on earth. According to legend, there are in total fifty-one such sanctuaries (pīṭha) on earth, created from the corresponding parts of Devī’s body,
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaGauḍa (गौड) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—In the Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara describes the Gauḍas are a people inhabiting the whole tract of country lying between Benāras and the Bay of Bengal. To Rājaśekhara, the word Gauḍa is not the name of any particular country, so he describes the costume of Gauḍa ladies and mentions the fondness of the Gauḍa for the Sanskrit language. But N. L. Dey thinks that the whole of Bengal is known as the Gauḍa country with its capital at Gaud, the ruins of which have been discovered near Māldā in Bengal at a distance of about ten miles. The king of Pāla and Sena dynasties made this city of Gouḍa their capital on the several occasions. Further this city was also known as Lakṣmahavati or Lakhnauti after the name of king Lakṣmanasena of the Sena dynasty of Bengal.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationGauḍa (गौड) is the name of a ancient country/region from where the Rudrākṣa trees are said to be very sacred, according to the Śivapurāṇa 1.25, while explaining the greatness of Rudrākṣa:—“[...] Rudrākṣas grown in Gauḍa land became great favourites of Śiva. They were grown in Mathurā, Laṅkā, Ayodhyā, Malaya, Sahya mountain, Kāśī and other places. They are competent to break asunder the clustered sins unbearable to the others, as the sacred texts have declared”.
Note: Gauḍa or Gauḍadeśa according to Skandapurāṇa, was the central part of Bengal extending from Vaṅga to the borders of Orissa.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Gauḍa (गौड) refers to “rum”, which is mentioned in verse 3.12 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Having thereupon bathed according to ritual—with the oil removed by an astringent—,rubbed (one’s body) with musk-charged saffron, (and) fumigated (oneself) with aloe-wood one shall (at last) turn to rich, broths, fat meat, rum [viz., gauḍa], barm, arrack, delicious products made of wheat, (rice-)flour, urd-beans, sugarcane, and milk, [...]”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Indian Historical Quarterly Vol. 7Gauḍa (गौड) is the name of a country classified as both Hādi and Kādi (both types of Tantrik division), according to the 13th century Sammoha-tantra (fol. 7).—There are ample evidences to prove that the zone of heterodox Tantras went far beyond the natural limits of India. [...] The zones in the Sammoha-tantra [viz., Gauḍa] are here fixed according to two different Tantrik modes, known as Kādi and Hādi.
India history and geography
Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 11) Gauda (“headman”) is one of the gotras (clans) among the Kurnis (a tribe of South India). Kurni is, according to the Census Report 1901, “a corruption of kuri (sheep) and vanni (wool), the caste having been originally weavers of wool”. The gotras (viz., Gauda) are described as being of the Brāhman, Kshatriya, and Vaisya sub-divisions of the caste, and of Shanmukha’s Sudra caste.
2) Gauda (“headman”) is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Kurubas (a tribe of South India). The Kurubas are sub-divided into clans or gumpus, each having a headman or guru called a gaudu, who gives his name to the clan. And the clans are again sub-divided into gotras or septs (viz., Gauda).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryGauda.—(EI 5; ASLV), Kannaḍa; same as Gāvuṇḍa; a village headman; the chief farmer of a village. See Gavuḍa. (EI 1), a temple priest. (IE 8-5; EI 28), Od8iyā; same as gokuṭa; a cowherd or milkman. Note: gauda is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (history)Gauḍa (गौड) refers to one of the twelve Kāyastha groups from Māthurā, according to the “Samoṣaṇa Kāitha Māthura-rāsa” (dealing with caste history), and is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—In between the work deals with the legendary origin of the Kāyasthas as sons of Citragupta, himself born from Brahmā’s body. The Māthura Kāyasthas are one of the twelve Kāyastha groups. (See partial list, e.g., Gauḍa, [...]).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygauḍa (गौड).—m S The district of Gaur, the central part of Bengal. 2 A tribe of Brahmans or an individual of it.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgauḍa (गौड).—m The central part of Bengal: a tribe of Brahmans.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGauḍa (गौड).—1 Name of a country; the स्कन्दपुराण (skandapurāṇa) thus describes its position :-वङ्गदेशं समारभ्य भुवनेशान्तगः शिवे । गौडदेशः समाख्यातः सर्वविद्याविशारदः (vaṅgadeśaṃ samārabhya bhuvaneśāntagaḥ śive | gauḍadeśaḥ samākhyātaḥ sarvavidyāviśāradaḥ) ||
2) A particular subdivision of Brāhmaṇas.
3) see गोण्डः (goṇḍaḥ) above. L. D. B.
-ḍāḥ (pl.) The inhabitants of Gauḍa.
-ḍī 1 Spirit distilled from molasses; गौडी पैष्ठी च माध्वी च विज्ञेया त्रिविधा सुरा (gauḍī paiṣṭhī ca mādhvī ca vijñeyā trividhā surā) Ms. 11.95.
2) One of the Rāgiṇis.
3) (In rhet.) One of the Ritis or Vrittis or styles of poetic composition; S. D. mentions four Ritis, while K. P. only three, गौडी (gauḍī) being another name for पुरुषा वृत्ति (puruṣā vṛtti); ओजःप्रकाशकैस्तैः (ojaḥprakāśakaistaiḥ) (varṇaiḥ) तु परुषा (tu paruṣā) (i. e. gauḍī) M. P.7; ओजःप्रकाशकैर्वर्णैर्बन्ध आडम्बरः पुनः समासबहुला गौडी (ojaḥprakāśakairvarṇairbandha āḍambaraḥ punaḥ samāsabahulā gauḍī) S. D.627. Here is an illustration : उन्मीलन्मधुगन्धलुब्धमधुपव्याधूतचूताङ्कुरः क्रीडत्कोकिलकाकंलीकलकलैरु- द्गीर्णकर्णज्वराः । नीयन्ते पथिकैः कथं कथमपि ध्यानावधानक्षणप्राप्त- प्राणसमासमागमरसोल्लासैरमी वासराः ॥ अलंकारशेखर (unmīlanmadhugandhalubdhamadhupavyādhūtacūtāṅkuraḥ krīḍatkokilakākaṃlīkalakalairu- dgīrṇakarṇajvarāḥ | nīyante pathikaiḥ kathaṃ kathamapi dhyānāvadhānakṣaṇaprāpta- prāṇasamāsamāgamarasollāsairamī vāsarāḥ || alaṃkāraśekhara) 6.
-ḍam Sweetmeats; भोजनानि सुपूर्णानि गौडानि च सहस्रशः (bhojanāni supūrṇāni gauḍāni ca sahasraśaḥ) Rām.1.53.4. -a. Relating to or prepared from molasses; विविधानि च गौडानि खाण्डवानि तथैव च (vividhāni ca gauḍāni khāṇḍavāni tathaiva ca) Rām.7.92.12.
Derivable forms: gauḍaḥ (गौडः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGauḍa (गौड).—m.
(-ḍaḥ) The district of Gaur, the central part of Bengal, extending from Banga to Bhubaneshwar in Orrissa: the ruins of its capital, called by the same name, are still in existance. m. plu.
(-ḍāḥ) The inhabitants of Gaur. f. (-ḍī) 1. Rum or spirit distilled from Gur or molasses. 2. One of the Raginis. 3. A style of poetry, the bold and spirited style, E. guḍa to surround, or guḍa raw sugar, and aṇ affix, fem. affix ṅīṣ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGauḍa (गौड).—i. e. guḍa + a, I. adj. Distilled from molasses, Mahābhārata 8, 2050. Ii. f. ḍī, Rum, or spirit distilled from molasses, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 94. Iii. n. pl. Sweetmeats, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 53, 4. Iv. m. and n. The name of a country, modern Gaur; m. pl. Its inhabitants, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 22, 13.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGauḍa (गौड).—[feminine] ī made of sugar or belonging to the Gaudas. [masculine] [neuter] [Name] of a country; [masculine] [plural] [Name] of a people; [feminine] ī rum made of sugar.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Gauḍa (गौड) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a certain grammarian. Quoted by Hemacandra Oxf. 185^b, Gauḍa and Gauḍāḥ quoted by Kṣīrasvāmin on Amarakośa.
2) Gauḍa (गौड):—a poet. One verse in Pmt.
3) Gauḍa (गौड):—[gauḍāḥ, gauḍārvāñcaḥ, navyagauḍāḥ] on [dharma] Quoted in Nirṇayasindhu.
Gauḍa has the following synonyms: Gauḍagrantha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gauḍa (गौड):—mf(ī)n. ([from] guḍa), prepared from sugar or molasses, [Mahābhārata viii, 2050; Suśruta; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
2) relating or belonging to the Gauḍas, [Vātsyāyana; Kāvyādarśa i, 35; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha xv]
3) m. ([scilicet] deśa) or n. ([scilicet] rāṣṭra) ‘sugar country’, Name of a country (district of Gaur, central part of Bengāl, extending from Vaṅga to the borders of Orissa; the ruins of its capital called by the same Name are still extensive), [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Prabodha-candrodaya ii, 7; Hitopadeśa]
4) m. [plural] the inhabitants of that country, [Vātsyāyana; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Śūdra-dharma-tattva]
5) m. sg. a prince of the Gauḍas, [Kathāsaritsāgara cxxii, 3]
6) Name of a lexicographer
7) n. sweetmeats, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 53, 4; vii, 92, 12]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGauḍa (गौड):—[(ḍaḥ-ḍī)] 1. m. 3. f. The district of Gaur. f. Rum; spirited style.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Gauḍa (गौड) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Koṃḍa, Gauḍa, Goḍa.
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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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryGauḍa (गौड) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Gauḍa.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGauḍa (ಗೌಡ):—
1) [noun] the chief of a village.
2) [noun] a caste the main occupation of the members of which is agriculture and farming.
3) [noun] a member of that caste.
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Gauḍa (ಗೌಡ):—
1) [noun] name of a region including the present Bengal and northern part of Orissa in Eastern India.
2) [noun] (rhet.) a literary style that is fraught with long and intertwined words, showy and artificially rhetoric sentences.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Gauḍa (गौड):—n. deep thought; reflection;
2) Gauḍā (गौडा):—n. a place where fort is made;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+32): Gauda brahmananda sarasvati, Gauda kumbhakara, Gauda purnananda, Gauda purnananda kavicakravartin, Gauda-khadika, Gauda-mahasandhivigrahika, Gaudabangala, Gaudabangali, Gaudabhattacarya, Gaudabhinanda, Gaudabhinandana, Gaudabhrityapura, Gaudabrahmanajati, Gaudabrahmananda, Gaudadesha, Gaudadeshiya, Gaudagrantha, Gaudaka, Gaudakamriga, Gaudalika.
Ends with: Dasagauda, Desayigauda, Go-gauda, Idiggauda, Karnatagauda, Malavagauda, Nadagauda, Nadu-gauda, Naragauda, Pacangauda, Pancagauda, Pracinagauda, Shakti gauda, Shrigauda, Sthala-gauda, Turushkagauda.
Full-text (+153): Goda, Gaudapada, Gaudadeshiya, Adakshinatya, Gaudiya, Gaudapura, Gaudabhrityapura, Gaudamalava, Pracinagauda, Malavagauda, Gaudaka, Paurastya, Gaudu, Gaudamarga, Gaunda, Gaumdu, Gaudiriti, Gauda-khadika, Gaudariti, Gaudadesha.
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