घोष [ ghoṣa ] [ ghóṣa ] m. indistinct noise , tumult , confused cries of a multitude , battle-cry , cries of victory , cries of woe or distress , any cry or sound , roar of animals Lit. RV. Lit. AV.

  the sound of a drum , of a conch-shell , of the Soma stones , of a carriage , Lit. RV. Lit. AV.

  the whizzing or whir of a bow-string ( ( Lit. TBr. ii ) ) , crackling of fire ( ( Lit. MBh. ix , 1334 ) ) , singing in the ear ( ( Lit. ŚBr. xiv ) )

  the roaring of a storm , of thunder , of water , Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. Suśr. Lit. Megh.

  the sound of the recital of prayers Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Mṛicch. x , 12

  the sound of words spoken at a distance Lit. ŚBr. ix

  rumour , report (also personified Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.) Lit. RV. x , 33 , 1

  a proclamation Lit. SaddhP. iv

  a sound (of speech) Lit. ChUp. Lit. Suśr.

  the soft sound heard in the articulation of the sonant consonants ( [ g ] , [ gh ] , [ j ] , [ jh ] , [ ḍ ] , [ ḍh ] , [ d ] , [ dh ] , [ b ] , [ bh ] , [ ṅ ] , [ ñ ] , [ ṇ ] , [ n ] , [ m ] , [ y ] , [ r ] , [ l ] , [ v ] , [ h ] ) , the vowels , and Anusvāra which with the Yamas of the first 10 of the soft consonants make up altogether 40 sounds ( cf. [a-gh ] ) Lit. RPrāt. xiii , 5 f. Lit. APrāt. Sch. Lit. Pāṇ. 1-1 , 9 Sch.

  an ornament that makes a tinkling sound Lit. BhP. x , 8 , 22

  a station of herdsmen Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. R. (ifc. cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 6-2 , 85)

  (pl.) the inhabitants of a station of herdsmen Lit. MBh. iv , 1152

  a particular form of a temple Lit. Hcat. ii , 1 , 389

  a musquito Lit. L.

  Luffa foetida or a similar plant Lit. L.

  N. of Śiva Lit. MBh. xii , 10386

  N. of a man ( Lit. Sāy.) Lit. RV. i , 120 , 5

  of an Asura Lit. Kāṭh. xxv , 8

  of a prince of the Kāṇva dynasty Lit. BhP. xii , 1 , 16

  of a son of Daksha's daughter Lambā Lit. Hariv. 148 and 12480

  of an Arhat Lit. Buddh.

  a common N. for a Kāya-stha or one of the writer caste Lit. W.

  [ ghoṣa ] m. pl. (g. [ dhūmādi ] ) N. of a people or country Lit. VarBṛS. xiv , 2

  mn. brass , bell-metal Lit. L.

  [ ghoṣā ] f. Anethum Sowa Lit. L.

  = [ karkaṭa-śṛṅgī ] Lit. L.

  N. of a daughter of Kakshīvat Lit. RV. i , 117 , 7 ; 122 , 5 ( ? Impv. √ [ ghuṣ ] ) Lit. ; x , 40 , 5 ( cf. [ ātma- ] , [ indra- ] , [ uccair- ] , )