Golangula, Golāṅgūla, Golāṅgūlā, Golamgula: 11 definitions
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Golangula means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Golāṅgūla (गोलाङ्गूल).—A Vānara chief.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 244.
1b) Born of Pulaha—a Vānara tribe.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 175.
Golāṅgūlā (गोलाङ्गूला) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.60.62) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Golāṅgūlā) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygōlāṅgula (गोलांगुल).—m S A kind of monkey, described as of a black color and having a tail like a cow's tail. Ex. niḷyāñcē mayura dhāvati || ratnāñciṃ gōlāṅgulēṃ nācati ||.
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gōḷāṅgūḷa (गोळांगूळ).—m n (Properly gōlāṅgūla) A kind of monkey.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgōlāṅgula (गोलांगुल).—m A kind of monkey.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGolāṅgūla (गोलाङ्गूल).—m.
(-laḥ) A kind of monkey, described as of a black colour, and having a tail like a cow. E. go a cow, and lāṅgūla a tail.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGolāṅgūla (गोलाङ्गूल).—[masculine] = gopuccha [masculine]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Golāṅgula (गोलाङ्गुल):—[=go-lāṅgula] [from go] m. for gūla (q.v.) a kind of monkey, [Mahābhārata iii, 16272; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) Golāṅgūla (गोलाङ्गूल):—[=go-lāṅgūla] [from go] m. (= -puccha) ‘cow-tailed’, a black kind of monkey, [Mahābhārata i, 2628; Rāmāyaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGolāṅgula (गोलाङ्गुल):—[go-lāṅgula] (laḥ) 1. m. A kind of black monkey with a tail like a cow’s.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGōlāṃgūla (ಗೋಲಾಂಗೂಲ):—
1) [noun] the tail of a cow.
2) [noun] a kind of monkey having a tail like a cow.
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Gōlāṃgūḷa (ಗೋಲಾಂಗೂಳ):—[noun] = ಗೋಲಾಂಗೂಲ [golamgula].
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Gōḷāṃgūḷa (ಗೋಳಾಂಗೂಳ):—
1) [noun] the tail of a cow.
2) [noun] a kind of monkey having a tail like a cow.
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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Starts with: Golangulaparivartana.
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