gaura

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[apte] a. (rā or rī f.) 1 White; kailāsagauraṃ vṛṣamārurukṣoḥ R. 2. 35; dvi- radadaśanacchedagaurasya tasya Me. 59, 52; Rs. 1. 6. --2 Yellowish, pale-red; gorocanākṣepanitāṃtagaure Ku. 7. 17; R. 6. 65; gaurāṃgi garvaṃ na kadāpi kuryāḥ R. G. --3 Reddish. --4 Shining, brilli- ant. --5 Pure, clean, beautiful. --raḥ 1 The white colour. --2 The yel- lowish colour. --3 The reddish colour. --4 White mustard. --5 The moon. --6 A...

[mw] mf (/I) n. (in comp. or ifc. g. kaḍārādi) white, yellowish, reddish, pale red RV. x, 100, 2; TS. v &c 369,3 68232 mf (/I) n. shining, brilliant, clean, beautiful Caurap. 369,3 68233 m. white, yellowish (the colour) W. 369,3 68234 m. a kind of buffalo (Bos Gaurus, often classed with the Gavaya gavaya) RV.; VS. &c 369,3 68235

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a. (rā or rī f.) 1 White; kailāsagauraṃ vṛṣamārurukṣoḥ R. 2. 35; dvi- radadaśanacchedagaurasya tasya Me. 59, 52; Rs. 1. 6. --2 Yellowish, pale-red; gorocanākṣepanitāṃtagaure Ku....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

132

Texts Appeared In

58

DCS: groins | Monier-Williams: gOra , [ cf. Lat. gilvus ?]

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 13 9.8%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 9 6.8%
3. Avadānaśataka 6 4.5%
4. Kumārasaṃbhava 6 4.5%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 6 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: gauraṃ

  haritālaṃ godantaṃ pītaṃ naṭamaṇḍanaṃ ca gauraṃ ca

• Skandapurāṇa surface: gaureṇa

  payasā śaṅkhagaureṇa devī devaṃ nirīkṣatī

• Skandapurāṇa surface: gaureṇa

  śaṅkhahārāmbugaureṇa pṛṣṭhenābhivirājitam