गोष्ठ

Sanskrit

Etymology

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गो (go) +‎ स्थ (stha), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐwʂ.ʈʰɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːʂ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

गोष्ठ • (goṣṭha) stem, m

1. cow-pen, cattle abode
2. stable (for other domesticated animals)
3. meeting-place
4. a male given name

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गोष्ठ
Nom. sg.	गोष्ठः (goṣṭhaḥ)
Gen. sg.	गोष्ठस्य (goṣṭhasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गोष्ठः (goṣṭhaḥ)	गोष्ठौ (goṣṭhau)	गोष्ठाः (goṣṭhāḥ)
Vocative	गोष्ठ (goṣṭha)	गोष्ठौ (goṣṭhau)	गोष्ठाः (goṣṭhāḥ)
Accusative	गोष्ठम् (goṣṭham)	गोष्ठौ (goṣṭhau)	गोष्ठान् (goṣṭhān)
Instrumental	गोष्ठेन (goṣṭhena)	गोष्ठाभ्याम् (goṣṭhābhyām)	गोष्ठैः (goṣṭhaiḥ)
Dative	गोष्ठाय (goṣṭhāya)	गोष्ठाभ्याम् (goṣṭhābhyām)	गोष्ठेभ्यः (goṣṭhebhyaḥ)
Ablative	गोष्ठात् (goṣṭhāt)	गोष्ठाभ्याम् (goṣṭhābhyām)	गोष्ठेभ्यः (goṣṭhebhyaḥ)
Genitive	गोष्ठस्य (goṣṭhasya)	गोष्ठयोः (goṣṭhayoḥ)	गोष्ठानाम् (goṣṭhānām)
Locative	गोष्ठे (goṣṭhe)	गोष्ठयोः (goṣṭhayoḥ)	गोष्ठेषु (goṣṭheṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गोष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 367.