गौड [ gauḍa ] [ gauḍa ] m. f. n. ( fr. [ guḍa ] ) , prepared from sugar or molassesLit. MBh. viii , 2050 Lit. Suśr. Lit. Hcat.

relating or belonging to the Gauḍas Lit. Vātsyāy. Lit. Kāvyâd. i , 35 Lit. Sarvad. xv

[ gauḍa ] f. ( esp. [ ī ] with [ rīti ] , the Gauḍian style of poetry , viz. the bold and spirited style Lit. Kāvyâd. i , 40 Lit. Vām. Lit. Pratāpar. )

m. ( scil. [ deśa ] ) or n. ( scil. [ rāṣṭra ] ) " sugar country " , N. of a country (district of Gaur , central part of Bengāl , extending from Vaṅga to the borders of Orissa ; the ruins of its capital called by the same N. are still extensive) Lit. Rājat. Lit. Prab. ii , 7 Lit. Hit.

m. pl. the inhabitants of that country Lit. Vātsyāy. Lit. Rājat. Lit. Śūdradh.

m. sg. a prince of the Gauḍas Lit. Kathās. cxxii , 3

N. of a lexicographer

n. sweetmeats Lit. R. i , 53 , 4 ; vii , 92 , 12

[ gauḍī ] f. with [ rīti ] see before

[ gauḍa ] n. rum or spirit distilled from molasses ( Lit. RTL. p.193) Lit. Mn. xi , 95 Lit. MBh. viii , 2034 Lit. Gṛihyās. ii , 16

(in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī.