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गोव्रतिक (govratika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
govratika, adj. (= Pali govatika
Skt. govratin, see below), applied to certain non-Buddhist ascetics who adopt a vow to live like cows (eating grass, etc.
see the Pali and other references, esp. MN and its comm., cited s.v. kukkuravratika): Śikṣ 〔332.3〕
Karmav 〔44.19〕
cf. also Mvy 〔3535〕 govratī, and LV 〔248.21〕 govrata- (s.v. kukkuravratika). The word govratin occurs Mbh. (Cr. ed.) 〔5.97.13〕, defined 14 thus: yatra-tatra-śayo nityaṃ yena-kenacidāśitaḥ, yena-kenacid ācchannaḥ sa govrata (S apparently govratir, which as an irregular form from govratin may be the original!) ihocyate.