Gopashtami, Gōpāṣṭamī, Gopāṣṭamī: 6 definitions
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Gopashtami 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.
The Sanskrit terms Gōpāṣṭamī and Gopāṣṭamī can be transliterated into English as Gopastami or Gopashtami, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygōpāṣṭamī (गोपाष्टमी).—f (S) The eighth of the bright fortnight of kārttika, the anniversary of the day on which kṛṣṇa formally set out as herdsman. Cows are worshiped &c.
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 DictionaryGopāṣṭamī (गोपाष्टमी).—f. (-mī) The eighth lunation of the light half of Kartik, on which Krishna became a cowherd; cows are to be worshipped. E. gopa, and aṣṭama the eighth.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGopāṣṭamī (गोपाष्टमी):—[from go-pa] f. the 8th day in the light half of month Kārttika (on which Kṛṣṇa who had formerly been a keeper of calves became a cowherd; cows are [especially] to be worshipped on this day), [Kūrma-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGopāṣṭamī (गोपाष्टमी):—[gopā+ṣṭamī] (mī) 3. f. A holiday sacred to Krishna.
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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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