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Cow (Sanskrit
धेनु गौः)
== Introduction ==
Cow in the Nirukthas: Yaska Mahrashi explains the name ‘go’ is the part of the 21 names of ||prithvi (earth) given below
Cow in the Nirukthas: Yaska Mahrashi explains the name ‘go’ is the part of the 21 names of ||prithvi (earth) given below
1) Om gauhu
1) Om gauhu
19) Pushaha
19) Pushaha
20) Gathuhu
20) Gathuhu
21) Gothraha
21)
Gothraha
||Gothra ith yeka vimshati prthivi namadhiyani||
||Gothra ith yeka vimshati prthivi namadhiyani||
meaning:?
meaning:?
Several explanations are given by Yaska maharishi regarding the origin of the word cow/gau:
yaddurangatha bhavathi yachasyam bhutani gachati||
that means which is extensively pervasive. It also means: all the living entities are traveling on her.
that means which is extensively pervasive and whence all the living entities are traveling on
||pasunamehabhavati yathasma deva||
||pasunamehabhavati yathasma deva||