Godharma, Go-dharma: 6 definitions
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Godharma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexGodharma (गोधर्म).�(see Dīrghatamas) law of the beasts, learnt by Dīrghatamas from Saurabheya Vṛṣa and practised by him on his younger brother Gautama's wife� Surabhi was pleased as a result and restored health, beauty and vision to Dīrghatams who becme Gautama thereafter.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 47. 43-55; 80-84; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 47-55, 91; Vāyu-purāṇa 48-9; 99. 47-50.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGodharma (गोधर्म).—the law of cattle, rules relating to cattle; (open and unconcealed intercourse of the sexes); गोधर्म� सौरभेयाच्च सोऽधीत्� निखिलं मुनि� � प्रावर्त� तद� कर्तुं श्रद्धावांस्तमशङ्कया (godharma� saurabheyācca so'dhītya nikhila� muni� | prāvartata tadā kartu� śraddhāvāṃstamaśaṅkayā) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.14.26.
Derivable forms: ǻ� (गोधर्म�).
Godharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and dharma (धर्म).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGodharma (गोधर्म).—m. 1. law concerning cattle, Mahābhārata 1, 4195. 2. public sexual intercourse.
Godharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and dharma (धर्म).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGodharma (गोधर्म):—[=go-dharma] [from go] m. ‘rule of cattle� id est. open and unconcealed intercourse of the sexes, [Mahābhārata i.4195.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
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Partial matches: Go, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma, Dhamma.
Full-text: Saurabheya, Dirghatama, Vrisha.
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