As a deity name
Name 417 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 591 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
गोहित · adj
, संज्ञा पुं॰ · गोरक्षक · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘proper for cattle’ = -harītakī
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Dictionary citations
go—hita m. ‘proper for cattle’ = -harītakī, L.
Luffa foetida or a similar plant, L.
gohita mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1 Proper or fit for cattle. 2 Cherishing or protecting kine. m. (-taḥ) 1 A creeping plant; also ghoṣā. 2 The Bel tree. E. go a cow, and hita suitable, &c.
Alternative readings
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