The Sanskrit term Gomayakārṣī can be transliterated into English as Gomayakarsi or Gomayakarshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Gomayakārṣī (गोमयकार्षी).—(or -kāsī), (possibly compare kasso = paṅkaḥ Deśīnāmamālā 2.2?) perhaps a coating of cowdung, possibly mixed with something else, seemingly applied as purifica- tion: (gṛhaṃ saṃmārjitaṃ) sukumārī °kārṣī dattā Divyāvadāna 306.23; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.100.13; 129.16; in Divyāvadāna 338.24 text (sā kuṭikā siktā saṃmṛṣṭā saṃmārjitā) sukumārī (note same adj.!) gomayakāsiñcānupradattā, but mss. °kāsīñ cānu°, read °kāsi cānu° or °kārṣī cānu°; (gomayena miśrayitvā) yatra caṅkrame tathāgataḥ caṅkramyate tatra gomaya- kārṣīṃ prayacchati Divyāvadāna 369.5, and, tatra gomayakārṣī dattā 7. If -kāṣī may be accepted as the true reading, perhaps connected with root kaṣ and meaning something like a rubbing with cowdung.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gomayakārṣī (गोमयकार्षी):—[=go-maya-kārṣī] [from go-maya > go] f. a piece of dried cow-dung, [Divyāvadāna]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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: Karshi, Gomaya.

Full-text: Kashi.

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