As a Hindi name
गोद · noun · masculine
वह स्थान जो वक्षस्थल के पास एक या दोनों हाथों का घेरा बनाने से बनता है और जिसमें प्रायः बालकों को लेते हैं । उत्संग । कोरा । ओली · स्त्रियों की साड़ी का वह भाग जो अंचल के पास रहता है । अंचल — Śabdasāgara
गोद · noun · masculine
मस्तिक । दिमाग — Śabdasāgara
गोद · god · s.f.
The lap; bosom; embrace — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 923
गोद · god · s.m.
The brain (see gūdā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 923
गोद · feminine
lap; adoption; inner portion
a Hindi word of pra-pro origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan गोद्दी (gŏddī, “lap”). Probably related to घुटना (ghuṭnā, “knee”) and गोड़ (goṛ, “leg”). Cognate with Punjabi ਗੋਦ (god) / گود (god), Gujarati ગોદ (god), Sindhi گوڏِ (goḏi) / गोॾि (“fastening of a dhoti”), Nepali गोद (god).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the brain
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "goda" is the vocative of "godā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. go—da mfn. (Pāṇ. iii, 2, 3, Kāś.) giving cattle or cows, Mn. iv, 231
go—da m. du. N. of a village, Pāṇ. i, 2, 52, Kāś.
go—da m. g. varaṇādi
go—da m. pl. N. of a tribe, Inscr.
2. goda m. n. the brain, L.
go—dā f. the river commonly called go-dāvarī, Kathārṇ. (cf. anu-godam).
go—dā mfn. presenting with cattle or kine, RV.
Alternative readings
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