Alternative spellings of this word include Gocharman.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Gocarman (गोचर्मन्).—A measurement equal to (1/4) nivartanam.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 283. 15.

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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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Gocarman (गोचर्मन्) refers to “hard leather”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 2).—Accordingly, “[Question.—Why do Buddhist sūtras begin with the word evam, ‘thus’?]—[...] The believer says: ‘That is indeed so’ (evam etat). The disbeliever is like hard leather (gocarman) that cannot be folded (ākuñcita); the believer is like supple leather that can be folded for [any] use. Furthermore, it is said in a sūtra: ‘Faith is like a hand (hasta)’. Endowed with hands, the man who goes to a jewel mountain (ratnaparvata) gathers the jewels (ratna) at will. In the same way, the believer, penetrating into the Buddha’s doctrine – this jewel mountain that contains the pure faculties (anāsravendriya), the powers (bala), the path of enlightenment (bodhimārga) and the dhyānas—the believer, I say, is able to take [anything] he wishes. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Gocarman.—(IE 8-6; EI 28; CITD), an area of land often regarded as equal to ten nivartanas although the exact area varied in different ages and localities. Note: gocarman is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gocarman (गोचर्मन्).—n.

1) a cow's hide.

2) a particular measure of surface thus defined by Vasiṣṭha :-दशहस्तेन वंशेन दशवंशान् समन्ततः । पञ्च चाभ्यधिकान् दद्यादेतद्गोचर्म चोच्यते ॥ °वसनः (daśahastena vaṃśena daśavaṃśān samantataḥ | pañca cābhyadhikān dadyādetadgocarma cocyate || °vasanaḥ) an epithet of Śiva.

Gocarman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and carman (चर्मन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gocarman (गोचर्मन्).—n. the hide of a cow, Mahābhārata 13, 1228.

Gocarman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and carman (चर्मन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Gocarman (गोचर्मन्):—[=go-carman] [from go] n. an ox-hide, cow’s hide, [Mahābhārata xiii, 1228]

2) [v.s. ...] a particular measure of surface (a place large enough for the range of 100 cows, one bull, and their calves, [Gṛhyāsaṃgraha]; or a place ten times as large, [Parāśara-smṛti xii]; a place 300 feet long by 10 broad, [Horace H. Wilson]; or a place 30 Daṇḍas long by 1 Daṇḍa and 7 Hastas broad, [Bṛhasp.] [Mahābhārata xiii, 3121 [Scholiast or Commentator]]; it is also defined as an extent of land sufficient to support a man for a year, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra v, 181 ff.]; originally probably a piece of land large enough to be encompassed by straps of leather from a cow’s hide cf. [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa i, 2, 5, 2]), [Mahābhārata xiii, 3121; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi i, 3, 864 ff.; ii, 1; Bṛhan-nāradīya-purāṇa, 38 adhyāya xxxiv, 43.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gocarman (गोचर्मन्):—[go-carman] (rmma) 5. n. Cow’s hide; land 300 feet long and 10 wide.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gocarman in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Go, Carman.

Full-text: Carman, Nivartana, Ratnaparvata, Anasravendriya, Bodhimarga, Akuncita.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

4. Prajñā of the heretics < [Part 2 - Prajñā and the prajñās]

Part 1 - Explanation of the word ‘evam’ < [Chapter II - Evam Mayā Śrutam Ekasmin Samaye]

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 20 - The Great Efficacy of Giving (Charity) < [Section 7 - Kriyāyogasāra-Khaṇḍa (Section on Essence of Yoga by Works)]

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