GawaH [ Gawa ac ] 1 A large earthen water-jar, pitcher, jar, watering-pot; kUpe paSya payoniDAvapi Gawo gfhRAti tulyaM jalaM Bh. 2. 49. 2 The sign Aquarius of the zodiac (also called kuMBa ). 3 An elephant's frontal sinus. 4 Suspending the breath as a religious exercise. 5 A measure equal to 20 droṇas. 6 A part of a column. 7 A border. 8 A peculiar form of a temple. Comp. — AwopaH covering for a carriage or any article of furniture. — udBavaH, -jaH, -yoniH, -saM BavaH epithets of the sage Agastya. — UDas f. (forming GawoDnI ) a cow with a full udder; gAH kowiSaH sparSayatA GawoDnIH R. 2. 49. — karparaH 1 N. of a poet. 2 a piece of a broken jar, pot-sherd; jIyeya yena kavinA yamakEH pareRa tasmE vahaMyamudakaM GawakarpareRa Ghaṭ. 22. — kAraH, -kft m. a potter. — grahaH a water-bearer. — dAsI a procuress; cf. kuMBadAsI . — paryasanaM the ceremony of performing the funeral rites of a patita or apostate (who is unwilling to go back to his caste &c.) during his very life-time. — BedanakaM an instrument used in making pots. — rAjaH a water-jar of baked clay. — raTApanaM placing a water-pot as a type of Durgā.