Gopitta, Go-pitta: 4 definitions

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Gopitta 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gopitta (गोपित्त).—bile of cows, ox-bile (from which the yellow pigment gorocanā is prepared; gopittato rocanā Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.94.).

Derivable forms: gopittam (गोपित्तम्).

Gopitta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and pitta (पित्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Gopitta (गोपित्त):—[=go-pitta] [from go] n. ox-bile or the bile of cows (from which the yellow orpiment Go-rocanā, Rocanā or Rocanī, is supposed to be prepared), [Pañcatantra i, 1, 81]

2) [v.s. ...] orpiment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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