The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

thala˚). Vesiy!˚ (etc.) associating with v. Vin i.70. -- II. Applied. A. (noun -- m. or nt.) a "field" (of sense
perception, etc.), sphere, object; -- ˚ food for, an object of (a) psychologically indriy!na' n!n!gocar!ni
various spheres of sense -- perception S v.218; sense -- object (=!ramma*a') Ps i.180; ii.97; 150 sq.; DhsA
314, 315 (sampatta˚ physical contact with an object, gandha˚ smell -- contact, i. e. sensation); indriya˚ Sdhp
365. -- (b) ethically: ariy!na' gocare rat! "finding delight in the pasture of the good," walking in the ways
of the good Dh 22; vimokho yesa' gocaro "whose pasture is liberty" Dh 92=Th 1, 92. Esp. in phrase !c!ra -
- gocara -- sampanna "pasturing in the field of good conduct" D i.63=It 118; M i.33; S v.187; It. 96;
analysed as Dvandva cpd. at Vbh 246, 247, but cp. p!p!c!ra -- gocara Sn 280, 282. This phrase (!c!ra --
gocara) is also discussed in detail at Vism 19, where 3 kinds of gocar! are distinguished, viz. upanissaya˚,
!rakkha˚, upanibandha˚. So also in contrast w. agocara, an unfit pasture, or an unfit, i. e. bad, sphere of life,
in gocare & agocare carati to move in a congenial or uncongenial sphere A iii.389; iv.345 sq.; D iii.58=77;
S v.147; Vbh 246, 247 (expl. w. vesiy!˚ etc., cp. above=having bad associations). -- B. (adj.) -- ˚: belonging
to, dependent on, falling to the share of: eta˚ dependent on this M i.319; sattasaddhamma˚, moving in the
sphere of the seven golden rules S iii.83; r(pa˚ to be perceived by sight J i.396; Nibb!na˚ belonging to N.
Sdhp 467. -- ˚kusala (adj.) skilled in (finding proper) food; clever in right living -- ˚ behaving properly in,
exercising properly M i.220=A v.347 (of a cowherd driving out his cattle); S iii.266 sq. (sam!dhi˚); A
iii.311 (do.) v.352 sq. (w. ref. to catt!ro satipa&&h!n!); -- ˚gaha*a the taking of food, feeding J i.242; --
˚g!ma a village for the supply of food (for the bhikkhus) PvA 12, 42; -- ˚&&h!na pasturage J iii.52; -- ˚pasuta
intent on feeding J iii.26; -- ˚bh(mi pasturage, a common DhA iii.60; -- ˚visaya (the sphere of) an object of
sense S v.218; Vbh 319; -- cara*a pasturing J vi.335; -- &&ha (nt.) [Sk. go+&ha to sth! to stand; cp. Lat.
stabulum, stable; super -- stes; Goth. awistr] a cow -- stable, cow -- pen M i.79; J iv.223; -- pa [Sk. gopa,
cp. gopati] a cowherd, herdsman Sn 18; Dh 19; J iv.364 (a robber); Vism 166 (in simile); DhA 157, f. gop"
Sn 22, 32; -- pakhuma (adj.) having eyelashes like a heifer D ii.18; iii.144, 167 sq.; VvA 162, 279
(=!)!rapamha); -- pada a cow's footprint, a puddle A iii.188; iv.102; Miln 287; also ˚padaka A iii.188 v. l.;
DA i.283; -- pari*!yaka leader of the cows, Ep. of a bull (gopit!+) M i.220, 225; -- p!la a cowherd (usually
as ˚ka) Dh 135; -- p!laka=prec. Vin i.152, 243 sq.; M i.79, 115 sq., 220=A v.347; M i.333; S iv.181; A
i.205 ( -- ˚uposatha); Miln 18, 48; Vism 279 (in comparison); DhA iii.59; -- pit! "father (protector) of the
cows"=gava' pati, Ep. of a bull M i.220 (+˚pari*!yaka); -- p" f. of gopa, q. v.; -- pura (nt.) [Sk. gopura] the
gate of a city J vi.433; Miln 1, 67, 330; Bdhd 138; -- balivadda in ˚nayena; in the expression gobalivadda
(black -- cattle -- bull) i. e. by an accumulation of words VvA 258; -- bhatta cows' fodder J iv.67; --
ma*.ala ox -- beat, ox -- round, Cp. iii.151 (as g!˚), quoted J i.47 (cp. assa -- m˚); SnA 39; also in phrase
˚paribb()ha Sn 301 (expld by SnA 320 as goy(thehi pariki**a); J vi.27; at M i.79 however it means the
cowherds or
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peasants (see note M i.536: gop!lad!rak! or g!mad!rak! to v. l. g!ma*.ala) cp. g!ma*.ala; -- maya (m.
nt.) cowdung M i.79; A i.209, 295; v.234, 250, 263 sq.; Nett 23; DhA i.377. -- ˚p!*aka a coprophagan, dor
beetle J ii.156; -- ˚pi*da a lump of cowdung J i.242; -- ˚bhakkha eating cowdung D i.166#; -- m!yu a jackal
Pgdp 49; -- mutta (and ˚ka) a precious stone of light red colour VvA iii; DhsA 151; -- medaka=gomuttaka
VvA 111.; -- medha a cow sacrifice, in ˚yañña SnA 323; -- y(tha a herd of cows SnA 322; DhA i.323; --
rakkh! (f.) cow -- keeping, tending cattle, usually combd with kas", agriculturing M i.85; Pv i.56; J i.338;
ii.128; given as a superior profession (ukka&&ha -- kamma) Vin iv.6. -- ravaka the bellowing of a cow M
i.225; -- rasa (usually pl.) produce of the cow, enumd in set of five, viz. kh"ra, dadhi, takka, navan"ta, sappi
(milk, cream, buttermilk, butter, ghee) Vin i.244; DhA i.158, 323, 397; VvA 147; SnA 322; -- r(pa
(collect.) cattle J i.194; iv.173; Miln 396 (bull); -- lakkha*a fortune telling from cows D i.9#; -- vaccha
(kh"ra˚ & takka˚) Vism 28. -- vatika [Sk. govratin] one who lives after the mode of cows, of bovine
practices M i.387; Nett 99 (cp. govata DhsA 355, and Dhs. trsl. p. 261); -- vikattana (and ˚vikantana; Sk.
vik%ntana) a butcher's knife M i.244, 449; A iii.380 Sdhp 381 (vikatta only); -- vittaka one whose wealth is
cattle J i.191; -- vinda the supt. of cowherds A iii.373; -- sappi ghee from cow's milk Vin iii.251; DhsA
320; -- s!l! cow -- stable A i.188; -- singa a cow's horn Vism 254. -- sita mixed with milk VvA 179; --
s"la=govatika DhsA 355; -- s"sa (nt.) an excellent kind of sandal wood PvA 215 (cp. Sp. AvS i.67, 68, 109);
-- hanuka the jaw bone of a cow, in ˚ena ko&&!peti (ko&&h˚ J) to massage with a cow's jaw bone Vin ii.266, J
iv.188; v.303.