As a deity name
Name 91 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 907 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in comp. before a word beginning with a vowel and ifc. [ and; ī cf. guru-gavī, brahma-gavī, brāhmaṇa-, bhilla-, strī-] for go, a cow, cattle (cf. ṣaḍ-gava, dvādaśa-gava &c.)
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M1 · same meaning "gave" is the locative of "gava" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gave" is the dative of "go" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gave" is the dative of "gu" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
gava mf(ī)n. in comp. before a word beginning with a vowel [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 123 f.] and ifc. [v, 4, 92 and vi, 2, 72; f(ī). cf. guru-gavī, brahma-gavī, brāhmaṇa-, bhilla-, strī-] for go, a cow, cattle (cf. ṣaḍ-gava, dvādaśa-gava &c.)
gava (A substitute for go at the beginning of certain compounds, especially before words beginning with vowels or as the second member of Dvigu comp.; paṃcagavaṃ five cows; gavākṛti cow-shaped). Comp. — akṣaḥ 1 an air hole, a round window; vilolanetrabhramarairgavākṣāḥ sahasrapatrābharaṇā babhūvuḥ R. 7. 11; kuvalayitagavākṣāṃ locanairaṃganānāṃ 11. 93; Ku. 7. 58; Me. 98 ˚jālaṃ a lattice. 2 the mesh of a shirt of mail. — akṣakaḥ an air-hole. — akṣita a. furnished with windows. — agraṃ a multitude of cows; (written as go'graṃ, goagraṃ and gavāgraṃ). — adanaṃ pasture or meadow grass. — adanī 1 a pasture. 2 a manger, a trough for holding grass &c. for feeding cattle. — adhikā lac. — amṛtaṃ 1 the beverage or nectar consisting of rays of light. 2 cow's milk. — arha a. of the value of a cow. — avikaṃ cattle and sheep. — aśanaḥ 1 a shoe-maker. 2 an outcast. — aśvaṃ bulls and horses. (pb) — ākṛti a. cow-shaped. — āhnikaṃ the daily measure of food given to a cow. — iṃdraḥ 1 an owner of kine. 2 an excellent bull. — īśaḥ, -īśvaraḥ an owner of cows. — uddhaḥ an excellent cow or bull. — rājaḥ a bull.
go gaus (acc. gām instr. gavā dat. gave, gen. abl. gos loc. gavi; du. gāvā [Ved.], gāvau; pl. nom. gāvas acc. gās [rarely gāvas, TBr. iii; TUp.; MBh. iv, 1506; R. ii] instr. gobhis dat. abl. gobhyas, gen. gavām [once at the end of a Pāda, RV. iv, 1, 19] and [in RV. at the end of Pādas only, cf. Pāṇ. vii, 1, 57] gonām loc. goṣu) m. an ox f. a cow, (pl.) cattle, kine, herd of cattle, RV. &c. (in comp. before vowels [cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 122 ff.] gav, gava, qq.vv.; cf. also gavām, gavi, gāṃ ss.vv.; gavāṃ vrata, N. of a Sāman; gavāṃ tīrtha, see go t˚; goṣu-√ gam, to set out for a battle [to conquer cows] RV. ii, 25, 4; v, 45, 9; viii, 71, 5)
‘anything coming from or belonging to an ox or cow’, milk (generally pl.), flesh (only pl. RV. x, 16, 7; ‘fat’, Gmn.), skin, hide, leather, strap of leather, bow-string, sinew (RV. x, 27, 22; AV. i, 2, 3), RV.
1. gu (cf. √ 1. gā) cl. 1. Ā. gavate, to go, Naigh. ii, 14.
2. gu ifc. ‘going’, see adhri-gu, vanar-gu (cf. also priyaṃgu, śāci-gu)
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