Pāli Dictionary

gava

gostemgavstemasuffix

via inflected form gavaṃ · accusative singular / dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • cow; cattle; ox; bull (the form of the noun ‘go’ used in compounds)

  • MN 27

    aj'eḷakapaṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti, kukkuṭasūkarapaṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti, hatthi-gava-assa-vaḷavā-paṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti

  • MN 51

    hatthigav'assavaḷavapaṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti, khettavatthupaṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti

go

via inflected form gavaṃ · accusative singular / dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

gam1go

general

  • cow; ox; bull; (plural) cattle

  • SN 34.1

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṃ, khīramhā dadhi, dadhimhā navanītaṃ, navanītamhā sappi, sappimhā sappimaṇḍo tatra aggam'akkhāyati.

  • (in traditional lexicons) earth; sun; water; speech; sense organ; ray of light

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