Gorakkha, Go-rakkha, Gorakkhā: 3 definitions
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Gorakkha means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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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Pali-English dictionary
gorakkhā : (f.) cow-keeping.
1) gorakkha (ဂေါရက္ခ) [(na) (န)]—
[go+rakkha]
[ဂေါ+ရက္ခ]
2) gorakkhā (ဂေါရက္ခာ) [(thī,na) (ထီ၊န)]—
[go+rakkhā．guṃnnaṃ rakkhā gorakkhā．.,ṭī.446.]
[ဂေါ+ရက္ခာ။ ဂုံန္နံ ရက္ခာ ဂေါရက္ခာ။ ဓာန်။ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၄၄၆။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) gorakkha—
(Burmese text): (၁) လယ်ယာမြေကိုစောင့်ခြင်း၊ လယ်ထွန်ခြင်း။ (၂) နွားကျောင်း၍ အသက်မွေးမှု။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Managing agricultural land, farming. (2) Raising cattle for livelihood.
2) gorakkhā—
(Burmese text): (၁) နွားမွေးခြင်း၊ နွားကျောင်းခြင်း။ (တိ) (၂) နွားမွေး-နွားကျောင်း-သော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Breeding cows, raising cows. (2) One who breeds and raises cows.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gorakkhakamma, Gorakkhana.
Full-text: Gorakkhakamma, Vacchagorakkha, Kashi, Rakkha, Kamma.
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