Gopicandana, Gopicamdana, Gōpīcandana, Gopīcandana: 10 definitions
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Gopicandana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Gopichandana.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन) refers to:—Yellowish clay used for tilaka;the footdust of the gopīs. (cf. Glossary page from Arcana-dīpikā).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
India history and geography
Gopīcandana.—(IA 16), a kind of coloured earth. Note: gopīcandana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
gōpīcandana (गोपीचंदन).—n S pop. gōpacandana n White clay.
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
Gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन).—n.
(-naṃ) A species of white clay, said to be brought from Dwaraka and used by the worshippers of Vishnu to smear their faces with. E. gopī, and candana Sandal.
Gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—nāṭaka. Kāṭm. 7.
Gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन):—[=gopī-candana] [from gopī > go-pa] n. a species of white clay (said to be brought from Dvārakā and used by Viṣṇu’s worshippers for marking the face, [Religious Thought and Life in India] pp. 67 and 400; ‘a kind of sandal-wood’ [Horace H. Wilson])
Gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन):—[gopī-candana] (naṃ) 1. n. White clay.
Gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन):—(gopī + ca) n. weisser Lehm, der aus Dvārakā kommen soll und mit dem sich die Verehrer des Viṣṇu das Gesicht einschmieren, [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] eine Art Sandelholz nach [WILKINS] bei [HAUGHT.] (die vorangeh. Bed. hat nach [HAUGHT.] das beng. gopīmāṭī d. i. gopīmṛttikā). gopīcandanopaniṣad f. Titel einer Upaniṣad [Colebrooke I, 113.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 250.]
Gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन):—n. *weisser Lehm oder *eine Art Sandelholz. candanopaniṣad f. Titel Upaniṣad [Akademische vorlesung 187]
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
Gōpicaṃdana (ಗೋಪಿಚಂದನ):—[noun] a yellowish clay used by Vaiṣṇavas for applying the sectarian marks on their forehead.
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Gōpīcaṃdana (ಗೋಪೀಚಂದನ):—[noun] = ಗೋಪಿಚಂದನ [gopicamdana].
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: Candana, Gopi.
Starts with: Gopicandanamahatmya, Gopicandanopanishad.
Full-text: Gopicandanopanishad, Gopicandanamahatmya, Tripundra, Tomarika, Vaishnavi Bhata, Gopacandana, Gopi, Shrimudra, Kopicantanam, Tilaka, Mudradhari, Akshata, Mudra, Narayana.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 581 < [Gujarati-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 553 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 724 < [Hindi-Kannada-English Volume 2]
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 13 - A Discourse on Dharma < [Part 1 - Pūrva-bhāga: Prathama-pāda]
Chapter 75 - Procedure of showing lamp to Hanumān < [Part 3 - Pūrva-bhāga: Tṛtīya-pāda]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.15.16 < [Chapter 15 - The Glories of Nṛga-kūpa and Gopī-bhūmi]
Verses 6.15.43-44 < [Chapter 15 - The Glories of Nṛga-kūpa and Gopī-bhūmi]
Verse 6.15.20 < [Chapter 15 - The Glories of Nṛga-kūpa and Gopī-bhūmi]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.15.8 < [Chapter 15 - Marriage with Śrī Viṣṇupriyā]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.2.217 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 29 - The Importance of Gopīcandana < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 67 - The Importance of Gopikācandana < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 35 - The Vow of Unmīlanī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
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