Goji, Gojī: 10 definitions

Introduction:

Goji means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. 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.

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Google Books: The Theory of Citrasutras in Indian Painting

Gojī is the cavity of upper lip just below the nose.

Shilpashastra book cover
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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Goji in India is the name of a plant defined with Elephantopus mollis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Scabiosa cochinchinensis Lour. (among others).

2) Goji is also identified with Onosma bracteata.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar (1854)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1824)
· Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis (1818)
· American Journal of Chinese Medicine (1991)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· Ethnobotany (2004)

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Biology book cover
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gōjī (गोजी).—f C A female calf or young cow, a heifer.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

gōjī (गोजी).—f A female calf; a heifer.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gojī (गोजी).—

1) The septum of the nose; Māna.64.15.

2) Name of a plant with sharp leaves.

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

1) Goji (गोजि):—for q.v.

2) Gojī (गोजी):—[from goji] f. Name of a plant with sharp leaves, [Suśruta i, 8, 11; iv, 9 and 18 f.; v, 7, 1; vi, 24, 26.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Goji 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gōji (ಗೋಜಿ):—[noun] = ಗೋಜು [goju]2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Gojī (गोजी):—n. 1. pocket; 2. a chapatti with sweets inside;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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