Gori, Gōrī, Gorī: 6 definitions

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Gori means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Gori (Godipur) is the name of an ancient city (also known as Goḍīpura ), according to the Goḍīpārśvanāthastavana (dealing with Pārśva in Jain literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Godipur (Gori) is located in Sindh, now in the Tharparkar district of Pakistan, and became inaccessible. Even before partition, numerous Pārśvanātha images called goḍī were installed at several places, the most famous one being the Pāydhunī at Mumbai.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Gori in India is the name of a plant defined with Anacardium occidentale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acajuba occidentalis (L.) Gaertn. (among others).

2) Gori in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso is also identified with Albizia zygia It has the synonym Acacia zygia (DC.) Baill. (etc.).

3) Gori in South Africa is also identified with Ximenia americana It has the synonym Amyris arborescens P. Browne (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1995)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1988)
· Ann. Intern. Med.,
· Flora del Paraguay (1990)
· Taxon (1979)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gōrī (गोरी).—m (Properly gōvārī) A cowherd. Ex. bhaktīvāñcūna kēlēṃ kīrttana || tēṃ jaisēṃ gōriyācēṃ gāyana ||.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Gorī (गोरी):—(a) fair-comple (nf) a beautiful damsel.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Gorī (गोरी) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Gaurī.

2) Gorī (गोरी) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Gaurī.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gōri (ಗೋರಿ):—

1) [noun] the act of attracting or fact of being attracted, as by charm, fascination or allure.

2) [noun] the act of hunting animals by enticing.

3) [noun] a song or music used by hunters to attract animals, esp. deer.

4) [noun] ಗೋರಿಯ ಮೃಗ [goriya mriga] gōriya mřga a wild animal enticed by a hunter.

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Gōri (ಗೋರಿ):—

1) [noun] a hole in the ground in which to bury a dead body; a grave.

2) [noun] a mound, monument made on it.

3) [noun] ಗೋರಿ ಮಾಡು [gori madu] gōri māḍu to put a dead body into the earth usu. in a ceremonial manner; to inter; to bury; 2. (fig.) to erase, remove, obliterate something; ತನ್ನ ಗೋರಿಯನ್ನು ತಾನೇ ತೋಡಿಕೊ [tanna goriyannu tane todiko] tanna gōriyannu tānē tōḍiko (fig.) to cause one’s own destruction; to spoil completely oneself.

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Gōri (ಗೋರಿ):—[noun] a kind of animal.

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Gōri (ಗೋರಿ):—[noun] a man of crooked or sadistic nature.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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