गोरक्ष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গোৰক্ষ (Assamese script)
ᬕᭀᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
গোরক্ষ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰺𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁄𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
ဂေါရက္ၑ (Burmese script)
ગોરક્ષ (Gujarati script)
ਗੋਰਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍋𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦺꦴꦫꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂷𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
ಗೋರಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
គោរក្ឞ (Khmer script)
ໂຄຣກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
ഗോരക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠣᡵᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘻𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
ᠺᠣᠸᠠᠷᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧜𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑀𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
ଗୋରକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
ꢔꣂꢬꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆾𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖺𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
ගොරක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩕𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚴𑚤𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
கே³ாரக்ஷ (Tamil script)
గోరక్ష (Telugu script)
โครกฺษ (Thai script)
གོ་ར་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒼𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨆𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From गो (go, “cow”) +‎ रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐw.ɾɐk.ʂɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡoːˈɾɐk.ʂɐ/

Adjective

गोरक्ष • (gorakṣa) stem

protector of cows, (i.e, a cow herd)

Descendants

Nepali: गोर्खा (gorkhā) (see there for further descendants)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “गोरक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0366, column 2.

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