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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡoːˈɾɐk.ʂɐ/

Adjective

गोरक्ष • (gorakṣa) stem

1. 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.