Goshtoma, Goṣṭoma, Go-shtoma: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Goṣṭoma can be transliterated into English as Gostoma or Goshtoma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGoṣṭoma (गोष्टोम).—a kind of sacrifice fasting for one day.
Derivable forms: goṣṭomaḥ (गोष्टोमः).
Goṣṭoma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and ṣṭoma (ष्टोम).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Goṣṭoma (गोष्टोम):—[=go-ṣṭoma] [from go] (go-) m. (stoma, [Pāṇini 8-3, 105; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) an Ekāha ceremony forming part of the Abhiplava which lasts 6 days (also called go q.v.), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vii; Lāṭyāyana x] (cf. [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa iv, 15 and] -stoma.)
2) Gostoma (गोस्तोम):—[=go-stoma] [from go] m. ([Pāṇini 8-3, 105; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) = -ṣṭoma, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra ix, 5, 2.]
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