Gomukha, Go-mukha: 25 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Google Books: Cultural History from the V腻yu Pur腻naGomukha (啶椸啶啶�): a Musical Instrument.鈥擨t is said to be 鈥渁 wind instrument鈥� of shell species, a kind of conch somewhat resembling the mouth of the cow, whence it derives its name. The Vedas do not know it though it appears that the flute (another kind of wind instrument) has a Vedic antiquity (see Ve峁噓). The J腻takas are silent about it and Kau峁璱lya also does not mention it. But there are many references to it in the epics. About the Gomukhas in the V腻yu-pur腻峁嘺 we can say the same as in the case of Bher墨.
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥擜 notorious King. He was born of the family of Krodhava艣腻. (艢loka 63, Chapter 67, 膧di Parva).
2) Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥擜n asura who was a follower of an asura called 艢奴rapadma. (Asura K腻峁囜笉a, Skanda Pur腻峁嘺).
3) Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥擲on of M腻tali, charioteer of Indra. (艢loka 8, Chapter 100, Udyoga Parva).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationGomukha (啶椸啶啶�) refers to a type Musical Instruments, according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.3.43 (鈥淒escription of 艢iva鈥檚 wonderful sport鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm腻 narrated to N腻rada: 鈥淸...] Immediately the army of 艢iva came there consisting of wonderful arrays of Bh奴tas, Pretas and Ga峁嘺s. [...] Some were awful with overgrown moustaches and beards. Some were lame. Some were blind. Some held staffs and nooses and some great iron clubs in their hands. Some rode on peculiar vehicles. Some played on horns. Some played on 岣宎marus. Some played on Gomukhas (驳辞尘耻办丑补惫腻诲颈苍). Some had no faces. Some had distorted and deformed faces. Some had many faces. Some had no hands. Others had deformed hands. Some of them had many hands. [...]鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥擟ity of, in Sutalam.*
- * Brahm腻峁囜笉a-pur腻峁嘺 II. 20. 22.
1b) Second Tala; Asura in.*
- * V腻yu-pur腻峁嘺 50. 21.
1c) A son of 艢ambhu.*
- * V腻yu-pur腻峁嘺 67. 87.
1d) A pupil of Vedamitra鈥斉毮錵alya.*
- * Vi峁ａ箛u-pur腻峁嘺 III. 4. 22.
Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. I.61.58) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning Gomukha) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N腻峁瓂a-艣腻stra1) Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�) refers to a musical instrument, first mentioned in N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra 4.253, after 艢iva danced using Recakas and A峁単ah腻ras, and P腻rvat墨 performed a 鈥榞entle dance鈥�.
2) Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�) or Gomukham腻rga refers to one of the four 尘腻谤驳补蝉, comprising a set of rules used in the playing of drums (辫耻峁补谤补) [with reference to M峁沝a峁単a, Pa峁嘺va and Dardura] according to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 33. Accordingly, 鈥渢he 驳辞尘耻办丑补-尘腻谤驳补 relates to the strokes of all 辫耻峁补谤补s mixed up mostly with those of 腻濒颈峁単测补. Examples of the 驳辞尘耻办丑补-尘腻谤驳补 strokes are guddha kladdha峁� mathika峁� gha峁僩hena chidukhu khu峁噊 gaga 峁璦tthi ma峁璦m. In the 驳辞尘耻办丑补-尘腻谤驳补 [the groups of 补办峁谤补蝉] are ghe ghe峁錿thi kat腻峁� gu峁弓腻 ghe峁� ghe峁� gha峁冡弓腻n dhi madhi tthiya峁� ke sa 峁璭 ghe ga ghe峁噊 no 峁嘺峁�鈥�.
Also, 鈥渢he playing of the instruments in the Odious and the Terrible Sentiments this should be in the 驳辞尘耻办丑补-尘腻谤驳补鈥�.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: V腻stu-艣腻straGomukha (啶椸啶啶�) is another name for Govaktra, which refers to one of the four classes of 辫谤补峁嚹錶补蝉 (鈥渨ater-drains鈥�) constructed into the sanctum for the purpose of draining oblation water and rainwater. It is a Sanskrit technical term used throughout V腻stu艣腻stra literature. The 驳辞惫补办迟谤补-辫谤补峁嚹錶补 is connected with the Br腻ma峁嘺 caste.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v腻stu艣腻stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath腻sarits腻garaGomukha (啶椸啶啶�) is the son of Ityaka (a minister of Udayana), according to the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 23. Accordingly, when prince Narav腻hanadatta (son of Udayana) grew up, all the king鈥檚 ministers brought there sons for the sake of his companion. Accordingly, 鈥淎nd that Prince Narav腻hanadatta was always surrounded by those six ministers鈥� sons (e.g., Gomukha), devoted to him alone, who commanded respect even in their boyhood, as if with the six political measures that are the cause of great prosperity鈥�.
The Kath腻sarits腻gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Gomukha, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav腻hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹遽笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath腻 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Pancaratra (worship of N腻r腻ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsGomukha (啶椸啶啶�) refers to one of the eight 膧sanas (鈥測ogic postures鈥�) discussed in chapter 1 (Yogap腻da) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it腻 covering the entire range of concerns of P腻帽car腻tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擠escription of the chapter [腻蝉补苍补产丑别诲补-濒补办峁峁嘺]:鈥擝rahm腻 asks to know about Yogas. Bhagav腻n replies that there are two kinds of Yoga鈥�karmayoga and 箩帽腻苍补yoga. [...] A devotee may achieve liberation by either method [...] however, in the case of karmayoga it is to be noted that the eight steps are especially defined鈥斈�sana, the third step, requires perfection of the eight positions [e.g., 驳辞尘耻办丑补-腻蝉补苍补].
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p腻帽car腻tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: archive.org: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Malayalam Manuscripts (ss)Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�) [=驳辞尘耻办丑补濒补办峁峁嘺] refers to one of the various topics discussed in the M腻nas腻ra, the teachings of which are included in the 艢颈濒辫补蝉补峁単谤补丑补鈥攁 Sanskrit compilation containing various works on 艢ilpa, giving detailed rules for the construction of temples and for the making, for purposes of worship, of images of various deities, a description of which is added.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣腻stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: The Jaina IconographyGomukha (啶椸啶啶�) (lit., 鈥淏ull-faced鈥�) is the name of the Yak峁 accompanying 峁氠梗补产丑补苍腻迟丑补: the first of twenty-four T墨rtha峁僰aras or Jinas, commonly depicted in Jaina iconography.鈥擳he tree connected with the first Jina is Nyagrodha or the Indian Banyan tree. Other iconographic marks of the Jina are his Yak峁 named Gomukha (lit., Bull-Faced) and Yak峁峁嚹� Cakre艣var墨 (Goddess of wheels) or Apaticakr腻. The texts give two worshippers on either side of 峁氠梗abhadeva viz., Bharata and B腻hubali.
Gomukha is attached to 峁氠梗补产丑补苍腻迟丑补. The texts of both the branchers of Jainism concur generally in respect of his attributes. His hands hold the Varada-mudr腻 and a rosary and left hands hold a P腻艣a (Digambara: Para艣u or Axe). His riding animal difiers from an ox according to some texts, to an elephant according to others. His colour is golden. The Digambara books assign in addition a Dharma-cakra symnol to his hand. Gomukha鈥檚 bull face, bull as animal, Dharma-cakra mark on his hand all speak of his intimate association with 峁氠梗补产丑补苍腻迟丑补 or V峁涐梗abhan腻tha, whose bull and Dharma-cakra (wheel of the law or faith) are the prominent effigies, Further,we find, in one text, that he has been identified with Dharma or God of Gods (Mah腻deva), he being the originator of the Jaina religion. Thus, he is also identified with a bull, the symbol of religion.
: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraGomukha (啶椸啶啶�) is the name of a Guhyaka (Yak峁) who became 峁氠梗abha鈥檚 attendant, according to chapter 1.3 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al腻k腻puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
础肠肠辞谤诲颈苍驳濒测:鈥�
鈥淸...] when the Ga峁嘺dhara had completed his sermon on dharma, all departed to their respective homes, after bowing to the Master. A Guhyaka (Yak峁), named Gomukha, who appeared in the congregation, adorned with two right arms鈥攐ne in varada-position and one holding a rosary, and with two left ones鈥攐ne holding a citron and one a noose, gold-color, having an elephant-vehicle, became the Lord鈥檚 attendant鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryg艒mukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥攏 (S) A cow's mouth of wood, metal, or stone. Used as, in English, the word lion's mouth. 2 A particular musical instrument.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishg艒mukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥�n A cow's mouth of wood, metal, &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥擺gormukhamiva mukhamasya] a kind of musical instrument; Bhagavadg墨t腻 (Bombay) 1.13; 啶椸啶啶栢ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶� 啶多啶權啶椸ぞ啶｀ぞ啶�- 啶ㄠ啶曕う啷嵿さ啶さ啶班啶むた啶ㄠぞ啶 (gomukh腻n腻峁� ca 艣峁涐箙g腻峁嚹錷a- n墨kadvayavartin腻m) 艢iva. B.24.55. (-办丑补岣�) 1 a crocodile, shark.
2) a hole of a particular shape in a wall made by thieves. (-kham) 1 a house built unevenly.
2) spreading unguents, smearing; '啶椸啶啶栢 啶曕啶熰た啶侧ぞ啶曕ぞ啶班 啶掂ぞ啶︵啶き啶距ぃ啷嵿ぁ啷� 啶掂た啶侧啶え啷� (gomukha峁� ku峁璱l腻k腻re v腻dyabh腻峁囜笉e vilepane)' 啶囙い啶� 啶掂た啶多啶掂 (iti vi艣va岣�); 啶じ啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶侧た啶ㄠ啶︵啶粪 啶� 啶氞啷嵿ぐ啷佮ぐ啷囙さ 啶啶椸啶оぞ啶權啶椸え啶� 啶椸啶く啶椸- 啶啶栢ぞ啶ㄠた (yasy腻malinde峁 na cakrureva mugdh腻峁単an腻 gomayago- mukh腻ni) 艢i艣up腻lavadha 3.48.
-kham, -办丑墨 a cloth-bag of the shape of a gnomon containing a rosary, the beads of which are counted by the hand thrust inside.
Derivable forms: gomu办丑补岣� (啶椸啶啶栢), gomukham (啶椸啶啶栢ぎ啷�).
Gomukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and mukha (啶啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥攏.
(-办丑补峁�) 1. A house build unevenly or crookedly, viz. with angles, projections, &c. 2. A kind of musical instrument, (a sort of horn or trumpet) 3. Spreading unguents, plastering, smearing. 4. A hole in a wall made by thieves, &c. a breach. m.
(-办丑补岣�) 1. A shark. 2. A kind of Yaksha; according to the Jainas, a demigod subservient to their deified saints. nf. (-办丑补峁�-办丑墨) A clothbag, containing a rosary into which the hand is thrust to count the beads. f. (-办丑墨) The chasm in the Himalaya mountains through which the Ganges flows, erroneously conceived by the Hindus to be of the shape of a cow鈥檚 mouth. 2. A river in Bengal. E. go a cow, and mukha face, having the face of a cow, &c. gomukhamiva mukhamasya .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥攎. 1. a proper name, 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 5, 3574. 2. a certain musical instrument, [Bh腻gavata-Pur腻峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 10, 15.
Gomukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and mukha (啶啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGomukha (啶椸啶啶�).鈥擺masculine] a cert. musical instrument; [Name] of [several] men.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�):鈥擺=go-mukha] [from go] m. ([P腻峁噄ni 6-2, 168]) 鈥榗ow-faced鈥�, a crocodile, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a hole in a wall of a peculiar shape made by thieves, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of one of 艢iva鈥檚 attendants, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] of a son of M腻tali, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 v, 3574; R腻m腻ya峁嘺 vii, 28, 10]
5) [v.s. ...] of a king of Kau艣腻mb墨, [Kath腻r峁嘺va]
6) [v.s. ...] of a son of the treasurer of king Vatsa, [Kath腻sarits腻gara xxiii]
7) [v.s. ...] of an attendant of the 1st Arhat of the present Avasarpi峁嚹�, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] [varia lectio] for -khala
9) [v.s. ...] m. (n., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a kind of musical instrument (sort of horn or trumpet ?), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 iv, vii, ix; Bhagavad-g墨t腻 i, 13; R腻m腻ya峁嘺] (ifc. f(腻). ), [Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺]
10) [v.s. ...] n. (= -尘耻办丑墨) a cloth-bag for containing a rosary, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] a house built unevenly (viz. with angles or projections), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] a particular method of sitting, [Ha峁環a-pra-d墨pik腻]
13) [v.s. ...] plastering, smearing with (in [compound]), [艢i艣up腻la-vadha iii, 48] ([plural])
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGomukha (啶椸啶啶�):鈥擺go-mukha] (办丑补峁�) 1. n. A house built unevenly; a breach; a trumpet; smearing. m. A shark; a Yaksha. f. n. A cloth bag cloth bag containing a rosary. f. (kha) Head of the Ganges; a river in Bengal.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Gomukha (啶椸啶啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gomuha.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusG艒mukha (嗖椸硧嗖硜嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the face of a cow.
2) [noun] a vessel with a snout for serving liquid foods.
3) [noun] the base, in the shape of a platter, for the idol of a deity, having a channel for the water and other liquids with which the idol is washed, flow out.
4) [noun] the act of anointing unguents.
5) [noun] a kind of musical instrument.
6) [noun] a man given to the habit of drinking liquors.
7) [noun] a hole, breach or chasm.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryGomukha (啶椸啶啶�):鈥攏. a cloth-bag for containing a rosary;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gomukhalakshana, Gomukhaprasava, Gomukhaprasavadishanti, Gomukhaprasavaprayoga, Gomukhasana, Gomukhasutra, Gomukhavadin, Gomukhavyaghra, Gomukhi.
Full-text (+154): Gomukhi, Gomukhavyaghra, Gomukhasana, Gomukhasutra, Gomukhavadin, Komukam, Gomukhalakshana, Gomuha, Gomukh, Gosvalu, Govaktra, Kashthayantra, Samrabdha, Subhayanaka, Agraga, Jarjarikrita, Anaka, Nyagrodha, Priyadatta, Bahukara.
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