Gopajihva, Gopājihva, Gopa-jihva: 3 definitions

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Gopajihva 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.

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[«previous next»] — Gopajihva in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gopājihva (गोपाजिह्व):—[=go-pā-jihva] [from go-pā > go] mfn. ‘having (the tongue id est.) the voice of a cowherd’ [Ṛg-veda iii, 38, 9][the, [Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung] proposes to read gopājihmasya instead of gopā-jihvasya]

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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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