As a deity name
Name 30 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
the range of the organs of sense, object of sense, anything perceptible by the senses, esp. the range of the eye (e.g. locana-gocaraṃ-√ yā, to come within range of the eye, become…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gocarāya" is the dative of "gocara" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "gocara" is derived from "go" with the caraṭ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
go—cara m. pasture ground for cattle, ĀpŚr. i, 2, 4
range, field for action, abode, dwelling-place, district (esp. ifc. ‘abiding in, relating to’; ‘offering range or field or scope for action, within the range of, accessible, attainable, within the power’), KaṭhUp. iii, 4; Mn. x, 39; MBh. &c.
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Dictionary citations
go—cara m. pasture ground for cattle, ĀpŚr. i, 2, 4
range, field for action, abode, dwelling-place, district (esp. ifc. ‘abiding in, relating to’; ‘offering range or field or scope for action, within the range of, accessible, attainable, within the power’), KaṭhUp. iii, 4; Mn. x, 39; MBh. &c.
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.
Alternative readings
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