गोरक्ष
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- গোৰক্ষ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᭀᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
- গোরক্ষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰺𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁄𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေါရက္ၑ (Burmese script)
- ગોરક્ષ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੋਰਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍋𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦴꦫꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂷𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೋರಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
- គោរក្ឞ (Khmer script)
- ໂຄຣກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
- ഗോരക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠣᡵᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘻𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠣᠸᠠᠷᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧜𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑀𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
- ଗୋରକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
- ꢔꣂꢬꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆾𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖺𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
- ගොරක්ෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩕𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚴𑚤𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
- கே³ாரக்ஷ (Tamil script)
- గోరక్ష (Telugu script)
- โครกฺษ (Thai script)
- གོ་ར་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒼𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨆𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From गो (go, “cow”) + रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
गोरक्ष • (gorakṣa) stem
- protector of cows, (i.e, a cow herd)
Descendants edit
- Nepali: गोर्खा (gorkhā) (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “गोरक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0366, column 2.