गौराgaurā

गौरा (gaurā) is a Sanskrit word meaning white, yellowish, pale red, shining, clean, beautiful, white or yellowish, a kind of buffalo, white mustard, grislea tomentosa. Its 39 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Specific Plants, Plant Parts, or Products, Proper Names of Humans or Families, Color or Associated Quality.

Definitions: 39

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Meanings by context

Specific Plants, Plant Parts, or Products

9 definitions

white mustard

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Grislea tomentosa

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a species of rice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

white mustard

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of a potherb

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

saffron

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the filament of a lotus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

turmeric

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of several plants

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Names of Humans or Families

6 definitions

of Chaitanya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a Yoga teacher who is the son of Shuka and Pivari

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a family

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Shakyamuni's mother

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the wife of Virajas and mother of Sudhaman

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of several other women

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Color or Associated Quality

5 definitions

white, yellowish, pale red

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

shining, clean, beautiful

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

white or yellowish

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

gilvus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. White. 2. Yellowish or reddish. 3. Shining, pure, or beautiful.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deities or Mythological Figures

4 definitions

an epithet of the Naga Shesha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Shiva's wife Parvati

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the wife of Varuna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of a Vidyadevi

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Minerals, Pigments, Dyes, or Metals

4 definitions

gold

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

orpiment

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

red chalk

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a yellow pigment or dye

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Animals

2 definitions

a kind of buffalo

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the female of the Bos Gaurus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Celestial Bodies

2 definitions

the moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the planet Jupiter

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Geographical Entities (Rivers, Earth)

2 definitions

the earth

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of several rivers.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Musical Terms (Rāgiṇī, Measure)

2 definitions

a kind of measure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a Ragini

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Young Girl (pre-puberty)

1 definition

gaurika

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lexical Equivalence (Gaurā = Gaurī)

1 definition

the plant Ipomoea Turpethum

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Poetic Metres

1 definition

The name of several metres

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 2 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.