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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Godharma (गोधर्म).—(see Dīrghatamas) law of the beasts, learnt by Dīrghatamas from Saurabheya Vṛṣa and practised by him on his younger brother Gautama's wife— Surabhi was pleased as a result and restored health, beauty and vision to Dīrghatams who becme Gautama thereafter.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 47. 43-55; 80-84; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 47-55, 91; Vāyu-purāṇa 48-9; 99. 47-50.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Godharma (गोधर्म).—the law of cattle, rules relating to cattle; (open and unconcealed intercourse of the sexes); गोधर्मं सौरभेयाच्च सोऽधीत्य निखिलं मुनिः । प्रावर्तत तदा कर्तुं श्रद्धावांस्तमशङ्कया (godharmaṃ saurabheyācca so'dhītya nikhilaṃ muniḥ | prāvartata tadā kartuṃ śraddhāvāṃstamaśaṅkayā) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.14.26.

Derivable forms: godharmaḥ (गोधर्मः).

Godharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and dharma (धर्म).

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

Godharma (गोधर्म).—m. 1. law concerning cattle, Mahābhārata 1, 4195. 2. public sexual intercourse.

Godharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and dharma (धर्म).

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

Godharma (गोधर्म):—[=go-dharma] [from go] m. ‘rule of cattle’ id est. open and unconcealed intercourse of the sexes, [Mahābhārata i.4195.]

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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.

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Partial matches: Dharma, Go, Tarma.

Full-text: Saurabheya, Dirghatama, Vrisha.

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