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- proper noun A name for the
Hindu godKrishna . - proper noun A male
given name used in India; also transliterated as Govind.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jains, Buddhists and Śaivas are blamed and the repetition of the name Govinda is enjoined.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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The deity Krishna was brought up in a family of cow-herders, and given the name Govinda
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Various Handis are set up locally in several parts of the city, and groups of youngsters, called Govinda, travel around in trucks trying to break as many handis as possible during the day.
Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009
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The sirdar, a Bengali called Govinda, has a fifteen-year-old daughter, Soogee.
'The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul' 2008
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It's a boutique called Govinda's (310-204-3263), named after the Hindu god "who pleases the cows and senses" - a major understatement, as I saw immediately upon entering.
Screw the $1,000 Peasant Blouse! Cognoscenti Get $20 Caftans in L.A. 2002
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After Mainaka, O monarch, is that best of mountains called Govinda; and after Govinda, O king, is the mountain called Nivida.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Otherwise called Govinda, he became the foremost of them all.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Markandeya, speak of Govinda as the Most Wonderful and the Supreme.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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"Govinda," Siddhartha spoke to his friend, "Govinda, my dear, come with me under the Banyan tree, let's practise meditation."
Siddhartha Hermann Hesse 1919
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"Govinda", featuring lyrics written in the Hindu sacred language, Sanskrit.
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