Gosha, Gōśā, Gośā, Goṣā, Go-sha: 11 definitions

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Gosha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit terms Gōśā and Gośā and Goṣā can be transliterated into English as Gosa or Gosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Gosa (गोस) in Prakrit refers to “dawn, early morning”, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—(Balbir 1986 p. 68,77).

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gōśā (गोशा).—m ( P) An end of a bow. 2 The handle of a turner's bow. 3 The end or train of a garment. 4 Private apartments or privacy.

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gōsā (गोसा).—m (Better gōśā) An end of a bow. 2 The train of a garment.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

gōśā (गोशा).—m An end of a bow. The end of a garment. Private apartments or privacy.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gosa (गोस).—[gāṃ jalaṃ syati so-ka]

1) Gum myrrh.

2) Early morning, day-break.

3) Hot season.

Derivable forms: gosaḥ (गोसः).

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Goṣā (गोषा).—a. Ved. acquiring or bestowing cows.

Goṣā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and ṣā (षा). See also (synonyms): goṣan.

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

Gosa (गोस).—m.

(-saḥ) 1. Gum myrrh. 2. The last watch of the night, early morning or day-break. E. go water, dew, and so to destroy, to absorb; affix ḍa.

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

Goṣā (गोषा).—[adjective] getting cattle.

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

1) Goṣā (गोषा):—[=go-ṣā] [from go] mfn. (√ = san, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 3-2, 67 and viii, 3, 108]) = -ṣaṇi, [Ṛg-veda ix, 2, 10; 16, 2; 61, 20; x, 95, 3.]

2) Gosa (गोस):—[=go-sa] [from go] 1. go-sa m. (√so) = -visarga, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) 2. gosa m. myrrh, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Gosa (गोस):—(saḥ) 1. m. Gum, myrrh; the last watch of the night.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gosha in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gōṣā (ಗೋಷಾ):—[noun] a thin curtain used by women to cover their face (from strangers, that is in practice among Muslims and some Hindus); purdah.

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Gōsa (ಗೋಸ):—

1) [noun] sound esp. one of a loud proclamation, announcement, etc.

2) [noun] an enclosed yard, building for cattle; a cow-pen.

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Gōsa (ಗೋಸ):—[noun] a fragrant, bitter-tasting gum resin exuded from any of several plants, used in making incense, perfume, etc. gum myrrh.

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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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