As a Hindi name
छाग · noun · masculine
बकरा · मेष राशि (को॰) · वह घोड़ा जो चल न सके । छिन्नगमन अश्व (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
छाग · ćhāg · s.m.
A goat — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 456
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sign Aries
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "chāga" is the vocative of "chāgā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
chāga m. = chaga (‘limping’ ?, of σκάζω &c.) a he-goat, RV. i, 162, 3 : VS. xix, xxi; ŚBr. v; KātyŚr.; Mn. &c.
the sign Aries, VarBṛ. v, 5
N. of one of Śiva's attendants, L., Sch.
chāga mfn. coming from a goat or she-goat, Yājñ. i, 257; Car.; Suśr.
chāga a. (gī f.) Relating to a goat or she-goat; Y. 1. 258. — gaḥ (gī f.) 1 A goat; brāhmaṇaśchāgato yathā (vaṃcitaḥ) H. 4. 53; Ms. 3. 269. 2 The sign Aries of the zodiac. — gaṃ 1 The milk of a she-goat. 2 An oblation. Comp. — bhojin m. a wolf. — mukhaḥ an epithet of Kārtikeya. — rathaḥ, -vāhanaḥ an epithet of Agni, the god of fire.
chāgā f. a she-goat, ŚBr. iii; ŚāṅkhBr. vii, 10
Alternative readings
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