Golomakam: 1 definition

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Golomakam (गोलोमकम्).—adv., seemingly in the manner of a cow's hair: Mahāvyutpatti 9331 na go° keśaś (so also Mironov; Kyoto ed. v.l. keśāc; read keśāṃś, keśaṃ? or assume acc. form of s-stem keśas, q.v. ?) chedayet; Tibetan skra chan pas mi breg (dreg), not cut hair with scissors (!); Chin. simply hair not cut off; Jap…like a cow's hair; corresp. to Pali Vin. ii.134.11 (massuṃ…) na golomikaṃ kārāpetabbaṃ; commentary 1211.3 hanukamhi dīghaṃ katvā ṭhapitaṃ eḷaka- massukaṃ (!) vuccati; [Sacred Books of the East] 20.138 translation(s) nor…like a goat's beard; but how can go- mean (sheep or) goat ? The Tibetan and Chin. renderings, with the Pali gloss, suggest that the real meaning was forgotten in both traditions.

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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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