gavya 1
gávya Nom. P. ○vyati, to desire cattle or cows Vop. xxi, 2
• gavyát
gavya 2
gávya (or less common gavyá RV. six times TS. v ŚBr. xiii), mfn. (Pāṇ. 5-1, 2 and 39 ; iv, 3, 160) consisting of cattle or cows, coming from or belonging to a cow (as milk, curds, &c
• cf. pañcag○) RV. VS. &c
• proper or fit for cattle L.
• sacred to the cow, worshipping the cow Pāṇ. 4-1, 85 Vārtt. 9 Pat.
• m. pl., N. of a people (living to the north of Madhya-deśa) VarBṛS.
• l. (ā), f. a cow-herd Pāṇ. 4-2, 50
• the measure commonly called Gav-yūti (q.v.) L.
• also gavyā́
• (ā, am), fn. a bow-string L.
• = gavya-dṛḍha L.
• (am), n. cattle, cow-herd RV. i, 140, 13 ; v, 34, 8 ; vii, 18, 7 (gavyá) ; ix, 62, 23
• pasture land AitBr. iv, 27, 9 Lāṭy. x, 17, 4
• cow-milk Kum. vii, 72