m. (equals-p/ā-sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit orderg/o-) a cowherd, herdsman, milkman (considered as a man of mixed caste ) (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-)., ) etc.
‘Protector of the realm,’ is the epithet applied, in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, to the Purohita, whose special charge it was to preserve the king and realm from harm by his spells and rites.
noun (masculine) a cowherd (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular class of plants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a protector (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
guardian (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
head of a district (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
herdsman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
milkman (considered as a man of mixed caste) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Gandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the superintendent of several villages (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a cowherd (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
guardian (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
myrrh (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the superintendent of a district (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) abuse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
alarm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
concealment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flurry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
guarding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hiding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hurry (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
light (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lustre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
preservation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
protection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reviling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the leaf of Laurus Cassia (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a bull (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
chief (a name often applied to Indra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leader (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Devagandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a demon slain by Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Śibi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the lord of cowherds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the medicinal plant ṣabha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Varuṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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