Gavi, Gāvī: 13 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Gāvī (गावी) is the name of a Ḍākinī who, together with the Vīra (hero) named Gāva forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Medinīcakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the medinīcakra refers to one of the three divisions of the dharma-puṭa (‘dharma layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs [viz., Gāvī] and Vīras are yellow in color; the shapes of their faces are in accordance with their names; they have four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
gāvī : (f.) a cow.
Gāvī, (f.) (see go) Gen. sg. gāviyā (Pug.56=A.II, 207); Nom. pl. gāviyo (SnA 323; VvA.308); Gen. pl. gāvīnaṃ DhA.I, 396; SnA 323; VvA.308).—A cow Vin.I, 193; A.IV, 418; J.I, 50; Ud.8, 49; Vism.525 (in simile); DhA.II, 35; VvA.200. (Page 250)
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Gavi, a tree-like creeper, in —pphala the fruit of a g. Sn.239 (=rukkhavalliphala SnA). (Page 247)
1) gavi (ဂဝိ) [(¿) (¿)]—
．gavipphala-.
နွယ်မျိုးသစ်ပင်။ ဂဝိပ္ဖလ-ကြည့်။
2) gāvī (ဂါဝီ) [(thī,pu) (ထီ၊ပု)]—
[(1) go+si．(2) go+yo．nīti,pada,nhā.277.]
[(၁) ဂေါ+သိ။ (၂) ဂေါ+ယော။ နီတိ၊ပဒ၊နှာ။၂၇၇။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) gavi—
(Burmese text): နွယ်မျိုးသစ်ပင်။ ဂဝိပ္ဖလ-ကြည့်။
တိပိ၊၆၊၇၆၀＂
(Auto-Translation): New species of plant. Check the identification. Tipi, 6, 760"
2) gāvī—
(Burmese text): [(၁) ဂေါ+သိ။ (၂) ဂေါ+ယော။ နီတိ၊ပဒ၊နှာ။၂၇၇။]
(၁) နွားသည်။ (၂) နွားတို့သည်၊ နွားတို့ကို။ ဂေါ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Cow. (2) Cows; to the cows. cow-look.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
gavī (गवी).—f (Better gāvī) A smith's pincers.
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gāvī (गावी).—f The pincers, nippers, or tongs (of goldsmiths, braziers, or blacksmiths).
gāvī (गावी).—f The pincers, nippers, or tongs.
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
Gāvī (गावी).—(Pali and Sanskrit Gr. id.), cow: Mahāvastu ii.125.4 (prose) gāvīye, gen. sg.; Sādhanamālā 182.4 and 187.17 (prose) raktavarṇa- gāvī-(text em. go-)-ghṛtena.
1) Gavī (गवी):—[from gava > gav] a f. ifc. for go, a cow, cattle (See before)
2) [v.s. ...] speech, [Śiśupāla-vadha ii, 68.]
3) Gavi (गवि):—[from gav] ([locative case] sg. of go; in [compound])
4) Gavī (गवी):—[from gav] b f. of va q.v.
5) Gāvī (गावी):—[from gāvāmayanika] f. (in dialect) for go, a cow, [Patañjali [Introduction]] 35; 94; 97, and on [vArttika] 6.
Gavī (गवी):—(vī) 3. f. A cow; speech.
Gāvī (गावी):—f. eine dialektische Form für go Kuh [Patañjali] [?a. a. O.1,10,b; vgl. Gebiete des Deutschen 21,238. fg.]
Gāvī (गावी):—f. = go Kuh.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Gavi (ಗವಿ):—[noun] the act of falling upon; an attack or invasion (from all or almost all sides).
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Gavi (ಗವಿ):—
1) [noun] a hollow place inside the earth, usu. an opening, as in a hillside, extending back horizontally; a cave; a grotto.
2) [noun] a place of refuge; a resort; a house.
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Gavi (ಗವಿ):—[noun] a cow.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+17): Gavida, Gavideputige, Gavidhu, Gavidhuka, Gavidhukayavagu, Gavidhumat, Gavigaltale, Gavigattale, Gavigol, Gavijata, Gavila, Gavilan, Gavilana, Gavilanudi, Gavilaputheega, Gavilatana, Gavilatva, Gavile, Gavileputige, Gavili.
Full-text (+57): Manogavi, Strigavi, Bhillagavi, Rajagavi, Shamgavi, Kamagavi, Brahmagavi, Gavish, Devagavi, Gavim, Gavishthira, Manushyagavi, Mahagavi, Bhantagavi, Niccammagavi, Kitthadigavi, Gavimukha, Kapotavannagavi, Tarunavacchagavi, Gavijata.
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