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Kosha vs Gosha - What's the difference?

kosha | gosha |

As nouns the difference between kosha and gosha

is that kosha is five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy while gosha is a corner-plot of land in India.

kosha

English

(Koshas)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (philosophy) five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy
  • a particular type of Sanskrit dictionary
  • * 2006 , Encyclopedia of language and linguistics 2ed , Elsevier, page 614:
    • The koshas', which are not based on any specific text, have some unusal properties. They are written in verse and include nouns and indeclinables but not verbs. The words are arranged according to topics. They deal with synonyms and homonyms and were meant for the use of poets. The best-known '''kosha''' in Sanskrit is the lexicon prepared by a Buddhist scholar Amarasinha, who was also a poet. This dictionary is usually known as '''''Amarakosha'' (‘Amara's dictionary’) rather than by its actual name, ''Namalinganushasana .

    Related terms

    * Anandamaya kosha * Annamaya kosha * Manomaya kosha * Pranamaya kosha * Vijnanamaya kosha

    Anagrams

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    gosha

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A corner-plot of land in India.
  • * 1964 , Girja Shanker Srivastva, The Law & Principles of Survey , page 71:
    • The main subdivision is called the main number and the smaller subdivisions the goshas''. This gosha''' as its name implies (meaning corner) lies along the sides of the figure, and can never be in the middle of the plot. The situation of the ' goshas is found from the map,