गोविन्द

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

GOVINDA   A synonym of Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Mahāviṣṇu). He got this name because he saved the people and cows of Ambāḍi by lifting the Govardhana mountain and using it as an umbrella. [Dākṣiṇātya pāṭha Chapter 38, Sabhā Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : कृष्ण

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : विष्णु

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गो—विन्द  m.  a m. ( [Pāṇ. 3-1, 138], Vārtt. 2) ‘= -वि॑द् (or fr. Prākṛtgov'-inda = गोपे-न्द्र ?)’, कृष्ण (or विष्णु), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Bhag.]; [BhP.] ( cf. [RTL.] p.405)

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गो विन्द

गोत्र-भिद्    बृहस्पति ( cf.), [L.]

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गोत्र भिद्

(= विष्णु) N. of the 4th month, [VarBṛS. cv, 14]
गोपेन्द्र   ( fr. Prākṛtgov'-inda = ) a chief herdsman, [L.]
N. of a prince
of several teachers and authors
of a mountain, [MBh. vi, 460]
गो-विन्द    b &c. See, ib.

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गो विन्द

Shabda-Sagara

गोविन्द  m.  ( -न्दः)
1. One of the most usual appellations of KRISHNA or VISHNU in that form.
2. A name of VRIHASPATI, regent of JUPITER.
3. A cow-keeper, one who protects, cherishes or owns cattle.
E. गो language, here the language of the Vedas especially, [Page248-b+ 60] and विन्द who knows, from विद् to know,

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गो विन्द विद्

with श affix; also गो heaven, a cow, विद् to obtain, by whom heaven is obtained, or who obtains felicity by protecting kine. गां वेदमयीं वाणीं, भुवं धेनुं स्वर्गं वा विन्दति .