Alternative spellings of this word include Vanagochara.

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Vanagocara (वनगोचर) refers to “those who roam about in forests in search of flowers, fruits and such things”. When disputes arise regarding the boundaries of villeges, and in the absence of original inhabitants of neighbouring villages, the King may choose these ‘dwellers’ to act as witnesses. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (See the Manubhāṣya, verse 8.260)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vanagocara (वनगोचर).—A son of Jāmbavān.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 303.

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The Purana (पुराण, 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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Vanagocara (वनगोचर) refers to “forest men”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the sun and moon should begin to be eclipsed when only half risen, deceitful men will suffer as well as sacrificial rites. [...] If the sun and moon should be eclipsed when in the sign of Leo (Siṃha) hill men, prince like people possessed of a single military force, princes and forest men [i.e., vanagocara] will suffer miseries. If they should be eclipsed when in the sign of Virgo (Kanyā), crops, poets, writers and singers will suffer and the rice fields of Aśmaka and Tripura will be destroyed”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vanagocara (वनगोचर).—a.

1) frequenting woods.

2) living in water; जहास चाहो वन- गोचरो मृगः (jahāsa cāho vana- gocaro mṛgaḥ) Bhāgavata 3.18.2. (-raḥ) 1 a hunter.

2) a forester.

-ram a forest.

Vanagocara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and gocara (गोचर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vanagocara (वनगोचर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Frequenting forests. m.

(-raḥ) A hunter, a forester. n.

(-raṃ) A forest. E. vana, and gocara an object, &c.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vanagocara (वनगोचर).—[feminine] ī living in a wood, [masculine] forester.

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

1) Vanagocara (वनगोचर):—[=vana-gocara] [from vana > van] mf(ā)n. dwelling in a f°, denizen or inhabitant of forests (said of men and animals), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] living in water, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a hunter, forester, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] n. a forest, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vanagocara (वनगोचर):—[vana-gocara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. m. A forester. n. Forest.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vanagocara in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vana, Gocara.

Ends with: Shravanagocara.

Full-text: Tiracchanagata, Sharabha.

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