गोचर्मन्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गो—चर्मन्  n.  n. an ox-hide, cow's hide, [MBh. xiii, 1228]

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गो चर्मन्

a particular measure of surface (a place large enough for the range of 100 cows, one bull, and their calves, [Gṛhyās.]; or a place ten times as large, [Parāś. xii]; a place 300 feet long by 10 broad, [W.]; or a place 30 दण्डs long by 1 दण्ड and 7 हस्तs broad, [Bṛhasp.] [ [MBh. xiii, 3121] Sch.]; it is also defined as an extent of land sufficient to support a man for a year, [Viṣṇ. v, 181 ff.]; originally probably a piece of land large enough to be encompassed by straps of leather from a cow's hide cf. [ŚBr. i, 2, 5, 2]), [MBh. xiii, 3121]; [Hcat. i, 3, 864 ff.; ii, 1]; [BṛNārP. xxxiv, 43.]