The Sanskrit term Gavāśana can be transliterated into English as Gavasana or Gavashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gavāśana (गवाशन).—

1) a shoe-maker.

2) an out-cast.

Derivable forms: gavāśanaḥ (गवाशनः).

Gavāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gava and aśana (अशन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gavāśana (गवाशन).—m.

(-naḥ) An outcaste. E. gava, and aśana who eats, eating beef.

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

Gavāśana (गवाशन):—[from gava > gav] m. (= go-bhakṣaka) a worker in leather, shoemaker, [Subhāṣitāvali]

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

Gavāśana (गवाशन):—[gavā+śana] (naḥ) 1. m. An outcaste.

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Partial matches: Asana, Gava.

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