See गोधा in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"english": "The gargara (musical instrument) utters its sound, the chord resonates;\nthe bowstring vibrates; to Indra is the hymn presented.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.69.9",
"roman": "piṅgā pari caniṣkadad indrāya brahmodyatam.",
"text": "अव स्वराति गर्गरो गोधा परि सनिष्वणत् ।\nपिङ्गा परि चनिष्कदद् इन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतम् ॥\nava svarāti gargaro godhā pari saniṣvaṇat."
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"examples": [
{
"english": "The gargara (musical instrument) utters its sound, the chord resonates;\nthe bowstring vibrates; to Indra is the hymn presented.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.69.9",
"roman": "piṅgā pari caniṣkadad indrāya brahmodyatam.",
"text": "अव स्वराति गर्गरो गोधा परि सनिष्वणत् ।\nपिङ्गा परि चनिष्कदद् इन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतम् ॥\nava svarāti gargaro godhā pari saniṣvaṇat."
}
],
"glosses": [
"sinew, chord"
],
"links": [
[
"sinew",
"sinew"
],
[
"chord",
"chord"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a leather strap worn around the left arm to prevent injury from a bowstring"
],
"links": [
[
"leather",
"leather"
],
[
"bowstring",
"bowstring"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡɐw.dʱɑ́ː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡoː.d̪ʱɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "गोधा"
}
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