m. (gaRavṛṣādi-;ji-seeśaṃgay/a-) "what has been conquered or acquired", a house, household, family, goods and chattels, contents of a house, property, wealth
गयः 1 N. of the people living round Gayā and the district inhabited by them. -2 N. of an Asura. -3 Wealth. -4 House, household, family. -5 Offspring, progeny. -6 The sky. -7 One's own place or abode. -या N. of a city in Behar which is a place of pilgrimage.
n. sun's northern course; half year from winter to summer solstice; -âvritti, f. sun's turn to the north; -dasa, a. having the seam turned upward or northward; -dvâra, a. having a northern entrance.
House,’ is a common word in the Rigveda, and sometimes occurs later. As its sense includes the inmates as well as their belongings, it is equivalent to ‘household.’
(* son of Plati ’) is referred to in the Rigveda, two hymns of which he clearly claims to have composed, and which are attributed to him in the Sarvānukramanī and the Aitareya Brahmana. In the Atharvaveda he appears with Asita and Kaśyapa as a half-mythical magician.
Occurs in several passages of the Rigveda as defeated by Indra. That he was a human foe, as Ludwig thinks, seems unlikely: more probably he was a demon, as Mṛga unquestionably is.
Is the name of an animal in the Taittirīya Saπi- hitā and the Taittirlya Brāhmaṇa. The commentary on the former takes it as a kind of cock (kukkuta-viśeṣa), that on the latter as a white heron (iveta-baka).
noun (masculine) a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of ox (the Gayal or Bos gavaeus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
contents of a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
family (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
goods and chattels (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
household (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a ṣi (son of Plati) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain near Gayā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people living round Gayā and of the district inhabited by them (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rājarshi (performer of a celebrated sacrifice) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son (of Amūrtarajas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Asura (slain by Śiva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Āyus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Havirdhāna by Dhishaṇā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Nakta by Druti (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Sudyumna (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Vitatha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
property (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the vital airs (used only for the etym. of gāyatrī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wealth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) name of a mountain near Gayā (renowned place of pilgrimage) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the western horizon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) the half year from the winter to the summer solstice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sun's progress north of the equator (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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