Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.430

v1.c3.s12.430

Go-ṣṭha, ‘standing-place for cows,’ denotes not so much a ‘cowstall’ as the ‘grazing ground of cows,’ as Geldner¹ shows from a passage of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa² and from a note of Mahīdhara on the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.³ This sense suits adequately all the passages of the Rigveda⁴ where it occurs, and it greatly improves the interpretation of a hymn of the Atharvaveda,⁵ besides being acceptable elsewhere.⁶ See also Go.