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III. 12 1 ; gocar&ya gacchati to go feeding, to graze Sn 39 ;
J 1.243 ; gocare carati to go feeding, to feed J 1.242.
(b) metaph. of persons, esp. the bhikkhu : pucchitabba
gocara (and agocara) " enquiries have to be made con-
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cerning the fitness or otherwise of his pasturage (i. e.
the houses in which he begs for food) " Vin 11.208 ;
samaQO gocarato nivatto an ascetic returned from his
"grazing" Pv iv.i*' : Similarly at Vism 127, where
a suitable g.-gama ranks as one of the 7 desiderata for
one intent on meditation. — B. (adj.) (-°) feeding on or
in, living in ; metaph. dealing with, mixing with. vana°
living in the woods Pv u.6^ ; vSri" (in water) Sn 605 ;
jala" (id.) J 11.158 (opp. thala"). Veslya" (etc.) associating
with V. Vin 1.70. — II. Applied. A. (noun—m. or
nt.) a "field " (of sense perception, etc.), sphere, object
-° food for, an object of (a) psychologically : indiiyknai)
n^agocar&ni various spheres of sense-perception S
y.2i8; sense-object ( = arammanai)) Ps 1.180 ; 11.97;
150 sq. ; DhsA 314. 315 (sampatta° physical contact
with an object, gandha° smell-contact, i. e. sensation)
indriya" Sdhp 365. — (b) ethically : ariy&nar) gocare
rata " finding dehght in the pasture of the good,"
walking in the ways of the good Dh 22 ; vimokho yesai)
gocaro " whose pasture is Uberty " Dh 92 = Th i, 92.
Esp. in phrase acara-gocara-sampanna " pasturing in the
field of good conduct " D 1.63 = It 118 ; M 1.33; S v.187 ;
It. 96 ; analysed as Dvandva cpd. at Vbh 246, 247,
but cp. pipacSra-gocara Sn 280, 282. This phra.se
(acAra-gocara) is also discussed in detail at Vism 19,
where 3 kinds of gocar& are distinguished, viz. upanissaya°,
Srakkha°, 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 ip a
congenial or uncongenial sphere A 111.389 ; iv.345 sq.
D 111.58=77; S V.147; Vbh 246, 247 (expl. w. vesiya"
etc., cp. above = having bad -associations). — B (adj.)
-° : belonging to, dependent on, falling to the share of
eta" dependent on this M 1.319; satt£isaddhamma°,
moving in the sphere of the seven golden rules S ui.83 ;
rupa° to be perceived by sight J 1.396 ; Nibbana"
belonging to N. Sdhp 467. -°kusala (adj.) skilled in
(finding proper) food ; clever in right Uving -° behaving
properly in, exercising properly M 1.220 = A v.347 (of
a cowherd driving out his cattle) ; S 111.266 sq. (samSdhi°);
A ui.311 (do.) v 352 sq. (w. ref. to cattaro satipat(hilna)
; -'gaharta the taking of food, feeding J 1.242 ;
-'gima a village for the supply of food (for the bhikkhus)
PvA 12, 42 ; -°Uhana pasturage J iu.52 ; -"pasuia
intent on feeding J 111.26 ; -°bh