Gosamkhya, Gosaṃkhya, Go-samkhya: 8 definitions

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Gosamkhya 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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gosamkhya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gosaṃkhya (गोसंख्य).—a cowherd.

Derivable forms: gosaṃkhyaḥ (गोसंख्यः).

Gosaṃkhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and saṃkhya (संख्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gosaṃkhya (गोसंख्य).—m.

(-khyaḥ) A herdsman, a cowherd. E. go a cow, and sam prefixed to khyā to count, affix ḍa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gosaṃkhya (गोसंख्य).—m. a cowherd, Mahābhārata 4, 284.

Gosaṃkhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and saṃkhya (संख्य).

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

Gosaṃkhya (गोसंख्य):—[=go-saṃkhya] [from go] m. ([Pāṇini 6-2, 66; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) ‘counting the cows’, a cowherd, [Mahābhārata iv, 284 and 289.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gosaṃkhya (गोसंख्य):—[go-saṃkhya] (khyaḥ) 1. m. A herdsman.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gosamkhya in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gosamkhya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gōsaṃkhya (ಗೋಸಂಖ್ಯ):—[noun] a man who has the count of cows (one has or in a herd); a cowherd.

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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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