गोष्ठ [ goṣṭha ] [ gó-ṣṭhá ]1 m. (n. Lit. L. ; fr. [ stha ] Lit. Pāṇ. 8-3 , 97) an abode for cattle , cow-house , cow-pen , fold for cattle Lit. RV. Lit. VS. Lit. AV.

   stable or station of animals (in general Lit. Pāṇ. 5-2 , 29 Vārtt. 3) Lit. MBh.

   meeting-place , Lit. xii , 6547 (= 9953)

   with [ aṅgirasām ] N. of a Sāman Lit. TāṇḍyaBr. xiii

   [ apā́ṃ g ] , a water-vessel Lit. AV. xi , 1 , 13

   " refuge (of men) " , Śiva Lit. MBh. xiv , 198

   N. of an author Lit. Buddh.

   [ goṣṭha ] n. = [ °ṣṭhī-śrāddha ] Lit. Kull. on Lit. Mn. iii , 254

   [ goṣṭhā ] f. a place where cows are kept Lit. Gaṇar. 56 Sch.

   [ goṣṭhī ] f. an assembly , meeting , society , association , family connections (esp. the dependent or junior branches) , partnership , fellowship Lit. MBh. ( metrically [ °ṣṭhi ] , Lit. v , 1536)

   [ goṣṭha ] n. conversation , discourse , dialogue Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Kād.

   a kind of dramatic entertainment in one act Lit. Sāh. vi , 274

   N. of a village g. [ palady-ādi ] ( Lit. Kāś. Lit. Gaṇar. 325)