Gosava, Go-sava, Go-shava, Gośava, Goshava: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gośava can be transliterated into English as Gosava or Goshava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gosava (गोसव).—A mahāyajña. (Śloka 17, Chapter 30, Vana Parva).
1a) Gosava (गोसव).—A sacrifice performed by Nanda at the suggestion of Kṛṣṇa; one produced by Brahmā.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 2. 32; 12. 40.
1b) The seventh Gāndhāra grāmikā.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 86. 43.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
Gośava (गोशव) refers to “carcass of a cow” (used as a hunting tactic), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting by lying in wait is that in which a bowman singly or jointly with others awaits the approach of animals and then pierces them with poisoned darts. It succeeds where there are trees of the Beleric myrobalan, in corn fields, and in places for drinking water, An easy success in killing lions and other ferocious animals is achieved by placing the carcass of a cow (gośava) in a suitable position”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Gosava (गोसव).—a kind of cow-sacrifice (not performed in the Kali age); Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.3.17.
Derivable forms: gosavaḥ (गोसवः).
Gosava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and sava (सव).
Gosava (गोसव).—m.
(-vaḥ) The sacrifice of a cow, one of the grand sacrifices of the Hindus in former times, and not permitted in the present or Kali yuga age: see gomedha. E. go a cow, and saba sacrifice.
Gosava (गोसव).—m. a kind of sacrifice, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 74.
Gosava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and sava (सव).
Gosava (गोसव).—[masculine] a kind of ([originally] cow-) sacrifice.
1) Gosava (गोसव):—[=go-sava] [from go] m. Name of an Ekāha ceremony, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii; Lāṭyāyana; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a cow-sacrifice, [Horace H. Wilson]
Gosava (गोसव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. The sacrifice of a cow.
Gosava (गोसव):—(go + sava) m. eine best. eintägige Opfercerimonie [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 7, 6, 1.] [LĀṬY. 9, 4, 22.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 11, 3.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 14, 11, 10. 15, 1.] [Maśaka’s Kalpasūtrāni 5, 5] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 73.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 74.] [Mahābhārata 3, 1133. 5, 4090. 12, 6091. 13, 4918.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 12, 40.] = gomedha [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma]
Gosava (गोसव):—m. —
1) ein best. Ekāha. —
2) *Kuhopfer.
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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Panchavimsha Brahmana (English translation) (by W. Caland)
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Verse 11.77 < [Section VII - Special Expiation for Special Offences: (a) For Killing a Brāhmaṇa]
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