# गौरा (gaurā) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/gaura 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. - **SLP1:** `gOrA` **IAST:** gaurā **Devanagari:** गौरा - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaura_%28festival%29 - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/gaura/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** गौर (gaura) ## Meanings by context ### Specific Plants, Plant Parts, or Products (9 definitions) - white mustard *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > white mustard (the seed of which is used as a weight, = 3 Rāja-sarṣapas), Yājñavalkya (Author) i, 362 [ ID=68236 ] - Grislea tomentosa *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > Grislea tomentosa ( धव (dhava) ), L. [ ID=68237 ] - a species of rice *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a species of rice, Gal. [ ID=68238 ] - white mustard *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > गौर (gaura) n. white mustard, L. [ ID=68245 ] - the name of a potherb *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a potherb, Gal. [ ID=68246 ] - saffron *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > [Printed book page 370,1] saffron ( cf. कनक - (kanaka-) ), L. [ ID=68247 ] - the filament of a lotus *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the filament of a lotus, L. [ ID=68248 ] - turmeric *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > turmeric ( रजनी (rajanī) ), Suśr. [ ID=68257 ] - the name of several plants *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of several other plants ( प्रियंगु (priyaṃgu), मञ्जिष्ठा (mañjiṣṭhā), श्वेत - दूर्वा (śveta-dūrvā), मल्लिका (mallikā), तुलसी (tulasī), सुवर्ण - कदली (suvarṇa-kadalī), आकाश - मांसी (ākāśa-māṃsī) ), L. [ ID=68258 ] ### Proper Names of Humans or Families (6 definitions) - of Chaitanya *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of Caitanya ( cf. - चन्द्र (-candra) ) [ ID=68242 ] - a Yoga teacher who is the son of Shuka and Pivari *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a Yoga teacher (son of Śuka and Pīvarī), Harivaṃśa (Title) 981 [ ID=68243 ] - Name of a family *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > pl. N. of a family ( cf. ° रा (°rā) त्रेय (treya) ), Pravara texts (Literary category) iv, 1 [ ID=68244 ] - Shakyamuni's mother *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of Śākya-muni's mother, L. [ ID=68265 ] - the wife of Virajas and mother of Sudhaman *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of the wife of Vi-rajas and mother of Su-dhāman, Vāyu-purāṇa (Title) i, 28, 11 [ ID=68266 ] - of several other women *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of several other women [ ID=68267 ] ### Color or Associated Quality (5 definitions) - white, yellowish, pale red *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1) [Printed book page 369,3] गौर (gaura) mf( ई (ī) )n. (in comp. or ifc. g. कडारा (kaḍārā) दि (di) ) white, yellowish, reddish, pale red, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 100, 2; Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) v &c. [ ID=68232 ] - shining, clean, beautiful *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > shining, brilliant, clean, beautiful, Caurap. [ ID=68233 ] - white or yellowish *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > गौर (gaura) m. white, yellowish (the colour), W. [ ID=68234 ] - gilvus *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1E) [Printed book page 370,1] गौर (gaura), [ cf. Lat. gilvus ?] [ ID=68268.1 ] - 1. White. 2. Yellowish or reddish. 3. Shining, pure, or beautiful. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > गौर (gaura) ा (gaurā) [Printed book page 253-10 ] गौर (gaura) (I) a. (f. रा (rā) or री (rī) ) 1. White, तुषारगौर (gaura) ा (gaurā) र्पितहारशेखरा (rā) ः (tuṣāragaurārpitahāraśekharāḥ) Rt. i.6, R. ii.35, Megh. i.52; 2. yellowish, त्वं रोचनागौर (gaura) शरी (rī) रयष्टिः (tvaṃ rocanāgauraśarīrayaṣṭiḥ) R. vi.65; 3. reddish; 4. shining, brilliant, pure, clean, beautiful. [ ID=12674.1 ] ### Deities or Mythological Figures (4 definitions) - an epithet of the Naga Shesha *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of the Nāga Śeṣa, Gal. [ ID=68241 ] - Shiva's wife Parvati *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ‘brilliant Goddess’, Śiva's wife Pārvatī, AV.Pariś.; Nṛsiṃha-tāpanīya-upaniṣad (Title) i, 4, 3, 10 &c. [ ID=68262 ] - the wife of Varuna *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of Varuṇa's wife, Mahābhārata (Title) v, xiii [ ID=68263 ] - an epithet of a Vidyadevi *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a Vidyā-devī, iii, 231, 48; Hariv. [ ID=68264 ] ### Minerals, Pigments, Dyes, or Metals (4 definitions) - gold *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > gold, L. [ ID=68249 ] - orpiment *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > orpiment, Gal. [ ID=68250 ] - red chalk *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > red chalk, Kālac. [ ID=68255 ] - a yellow pigment or dye *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a yellow pigment or dye ( गो - रोचना (go-rocanā), ‘orpiment’, Gal. ), L. [ ID=68256 ] ### Animals (2 definitions) - a kind of buffalo *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a kind of buffalo ( Bos Gaurus, often classed with the Gavaya), RV.; VS. &c. [ ID=68235 ] - the female of the Bos Gaurus *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > गौरी (gaurī) a ( ई (ī) ), f. the female of the Bos Gaurus, RV. (‘Vāc or voice of the middle region of the air’, i, 164, 41 according to Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) i, 11 & Nirukta, by Yāska (Title) xi, 40 ) [ ID=68252 ] ### Celestial Bodies (2 definitions) - the moon *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the moon, L. [ ID=68239 ] - the planet Jupiter *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the planet Jupiter, L. [ ID=68240 ] ### Geographical Entities (Rivers, Earth) (2 definitions) - the earth *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the earth, L. [ ID=68254 ] - Name of several rivers. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of several rivers (one originally the wife of Prasena-jit or Yuvanāśva, changed by his curse into the river Bāhu-dā, Hariv.; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) ), Mahābhārata (Title) vi, 333; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) ii, 4, 55; [ ID=68268 ] ### Musical Terms (Rāgiṇī, Measure) (2 definitions) - a kind of measure *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (in music) a kind of measure [ ID=68260 ] - Name of a Ragini *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( ib. ) N. of a Rāgiṇī [ ID=68261 ] ### A Young Girl (pre-puberty) (1 definition) - gaurika *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > = गौरिका (gaurikā), Gṛhyāsaṃgraha (Title) ii, 18; Pañcat. [ ID=68253 ] ### Lexical Equivalence (Gaurā = Gaurī) (1 definition) - the plant Ipomoea Turpethum *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1B) [Printed book page 370,1] गौरा (gaurā) ( आ (ā) ), f. = री (rī), L. ( cf. गौला (gaulā) ) [ ID=68251 ] ### Poetic Metres (1 definition) - The name of several metres *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of several metres (one of 4 × 12 syllables; another of 4 × 13 syllables; another of 4 × 26 long syllables) [ ID=68259 ] ## Sources Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546