As a deity name
Name 201 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 111 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda 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
a place abounding in herds of cattle, and
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M1 · same meaning "gomatyai" is the dative of "gomatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gomatyai" is the dative of "gomat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "gomat" is derived from "go" with the matup 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—mat (go-), mfn. possessing or containing cattle or cows or herds, rich in cattle, consisting of cattle, RV.; AV.; VS.; MBh. ii, v
containing or mixed with milk, RV.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
go—matī (go-matī), f. a place abounding in herds of cattle, RV. iv, 21, 4 and v, 61, 19
N. of a village in the north g. palady-adi
go—mat (go-), mfn. possessing or containing cattle or cows or herds, rich in cattle, consisting of cattle, RV.; AV.; VS.; MBh. ii, v
containing or mixed with milk, RV.
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.
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