गोष्ठश्व

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गो—ष्ठ—श्व  m.  m. ( fr. श्व॑न्) ‘a dog in a cow-pen which barks at every one’, one who stays at home and slanders his neighbours, malicious or censorious person, [L.]

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गो ष्ठ श्व

Shabda-Sagara

गोष्ठश्व  mfn.  ( -श्वः-श्वं-श्व) Malignant, censorious, envious: especially appli- ed to a person who stays at home, and slanders his neighbours.
E. गोष्ठ a cowpen, in the first case used for abode in general, and श्वि to increase, affix ड, who magnifies himself in his own house.

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गोष्ठ श्वि ड

 m.  ( -श्वः) A horse in a cowpen.
E. गोष्ठ, and अश्व a horse, the form is irregular.

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गोष्ठ अश्व