Gokshira, Gokṣīra, Go-kshira: 11 definitions
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Gokshira means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Gokṣīra can be transliterated into English as Goksira or Gokshira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर) refers to “cow’s milk”, according to sections on Horses (Gajāyurveda or Aśvāyurveda) in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—[Management of miscellaneous disorders]—The drugs along with decoction of triphalā are advised if the horse is affected by vraṇa (ulcers)/kuṣṭha/khañja (lameness). The medicines should be administered with gomūtra (cow’s-urine) in mandāgni (impaired digestion), śotharoga (swelling/oedema). If they are affected by vātapitta, vraṇa (ulcers) the ghṛtasaṃyukta-gokṣīra (cow's milk along with ghee) is advised. If the horse is kṛṣa (emaciated), the diet shall be supplemented by māṃsa (meat) for puṣṭyārtha (to improve the body).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर) or Gavyakṣīra refers to “milk of cows”, as mentioned in verse 5.42 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Milk and ghee coming from cows [viz., gavye kṣīraghṛte] (are) the best; disapproved of, however, (are those) originating from sheep. Such (is) the section on milk. [...]”.
Note: gavye kṣīraghṛte—“milk and ghee coming from cows” has been simplified to ba mar o-ma (“ghee and, milk of cows”), with kṣīra and ghṛta inverted on metrical grounds.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर) refers to “cow’s milk”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Śāmbhavī, the supreme (goddess) Khañjī is ever active (nityoditā) and without defect. [...] O Lord of the gods, she who is auspicious and supreme is attained by the teacher’s grace (prasāda). The crooked (Kuṇḍalinī), the milch cow of passion, she is the supreme energy who oozes (nectar). She is light, (perfectly white like) cow’s milk, snow and a jasmine flower [i.e., gokṣīra-hima-kunda-ābhā] and, full of the supreme nectar, she fills the triple world along with all that moves and is immobile. O sinless one, (she is) the Transmental who abides having pervaded the universe with the force of the mind (manovega)”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर) [=Gokṣira?] refers to “cow’s milk”, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult. Accordingly, “O goddess, Svacchanda is in the middle, within the abode of the triangle. Very powerful, he has five faces with three times five flaming eyes. He has ten arms and, very fierce, is adorned with many garlands, ornaments, necklaces and anklets. He has beautiful matted hair and the half moon is his crest jewel. O beloved, the face in the east is white like cow’s milk [i.e., gokṣīra-dhavala], it shines brilliant white. Generating great energy, contemplate it thus. One should think that the northern face is like the young rising sun, the form of a pomegranate flower and (red) like a Bandhūka”.
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर) refers to “cow’s milk”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 3.17-23, while describing a meditation on Amṛteśa in his form as Mṛtyujit]—“And so now, having constructed the amṛtāmudrā or the padmamudrā, [the mantrin] should meditate on the Ātman. The deity is equal in splendor [to that] of ten million moons, as bright as pellucid pearls, and as magnificent as quartz stone, he resembles drop of cow’s milk (kunda-indu-gokṣīra-nibha) or jasmine, mountain snow, and is everywhere. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर).—cow's milk.
Derivable forms: gokṣīram (गोक्षीरम्).
Gokṣīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and kṣīra (क्षीर).
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर).—[neuter] cow-milk.
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर):—[=go-kṣīra] [from go] n. cow’s milk, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv; Suśruta; Mahābhārata xii, 174, 32 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर):—(go + kṣīra) n. Kuhmilch [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 2, 1, 18.] [Suśruta 1, 175, 12.]
Gokṣīra (गोक्षीर):—n. Kuhmilch [173,25.]
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
Gōkṣīra (ಗೋಕ್ಷೀರ):—[noun] milk secreted by cows; cow-milk.
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)
Partial matches (+0): Kshira, Go.
Starts with (+0): Gokshiradhavala, Gokshirakshatajatva, Gokshiraprabha, Gokshirasadrisha, Gokshiravarashikhara.
Full-text (+14): Gokshirakshatajatva, Gokshirasadrisha, Gokshiraprabha, Indugokshira, Gokshiradhavala, Saubhagyashtaka, Dhavala, Aksharalavana, Cow milk, Kamada, Gavyakshira, Mandagni, Krisha, Lameness, Khanja, Sadhita, Samyukta, Vatapitta, Shotharoga, Pushtyartha.
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