Gocarman, Go-carman: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Gocarman means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Gocharman.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gocarman (गोचर्मन्).—A measurement equal to (1/4) nivartanam.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 283. 15.
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)
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. [...]”.
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
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.
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
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).
Gocarman (गोचर्मन्).—n. the hide of a cow, Mahābhārata 13, 1228.
Gocarman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and carman (चर्मन्).
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.]
Gocarman (गोचर्मन्):—[go-carman] (rmma) 5. n. Cow’s hide; land 300 feet long and 10 wide.
Gocarman (गोचर्मन्):—(go + ca) n.
1) Kuhhaut: gocarmavasana [Mahābhārata 13, 1228.] —
2) ein best. Flächenmaass; ein Raum, auf dem 100 Kühe nebst einem Stier und den Kälbern Platz haben, [Gṛhyasaṃgrahapariśiṣṭa 1, 39. 41.] api gocarmamātreṇa bhūmidānena pūyate [Mahābhārata 13, 3121.] Urspr. wohl: ein Stück Land, das sich mit einer zu Riemen zerschnittenen Rindshaut umspannen lässt; vgl. [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 5, 2.]
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Gocarman (गोचर्मन्):—
2) gocarmamātrabhūmestu hyupalepanajaṃ phalaṃ dattvā [BṚHANNĀRAD. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 34, 43] [?(nach AUFRECHT, Halāyudha Ind.] u. upalepana). [VIṢṆU’s DHARMAŚ. 5, 177. fg.] eko śnīyādyadutpannaṃ naraḥ saṃvatsaraṃ phalaṃ . gocarmamātrā sā kṣauṇī stokā vā yadi vā bahuḥ .. das Stück Land, von dessen Ertrag ein Mann ein Jahr lang leben kann, hat das Maass eines Gocarman, mag es klein oder gross sein, [179.] gocarmalakṣaṇaṃ ca bṛhaspatinā darśitam . saptahastena daṇḍena triṃśaddaṇḍairnivartanam (triṃśaddaṇḍā ni [Scholiast] zu [Mahābhārata 13, 3121]) . daśa tānyeva gocarma dattvā svarge mahīyate .. [Mitākṣarā] [?I,32,a,15. fg.] gavāṃ śataṃ saikavṛṣaṃ yatra tiṣṭhatyayantritam . tatkṣetraṃ daśaguṇitaṃ gocarma (also zehnmal grösser, als in [Gṛhyasaṃgrahapariśiṣṭa] angegeben wird) parikīrtitam .. [PARĀŚARA][?’s DHARMAŚ. 12, 43.]
Gocarman (गोचर्मन्):—n. —
1) Rindshaut. —
2) ein best. Flächenmaass [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,122,3.5.7.9,11.2,52,18.53,1.4,7,10.]
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.
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Full-text: Carman, Nivartana, Ratnaparvata, Akuncita, Anasravendriya, Bodhimarga.
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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)]
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]
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 19 - Installation of the Banner (dhvajāropaṇa) < [Part 1 - Pūrva-bhāga: Prathama-pāda]
Chapter 68 - Description of Gaṇeśa Mantra < [Part 3 - Pūrva-bhāga: Tṛtīya-pāda]
Chapter 13 - A Discourse on Dharma < [Part 1 - Pūrva-bhāga: Prathama-pāda]