1. a grazing; search for food; where and on what animals feed; the particular feeding ground, the particular food of an animal.
2. a mendicant’s begging-round; where mendicants (properly) beg for foo …

village from where a mendicant obtains food; a village where mendicants can (properly) beg for food.

good behavior and associations

…Dhp.179, Dhp.180 (˚gocara having an unlimited range of mental vision, cp Dhp-a.iii.197); Ja.i.178. 2. extreme, last, worst Ja.ii.440 (C….

…Dhs-a.45 Dhs-a.196 (˚gocara, cp. anantagocara). See also on term Dhs trsl. 60. 2. “without difference”, irrelevant, in general (in…

…iv.38. See also cāreti & gocara
■ Instr; carasā (adv.) walking MN.i.449
■ cara-vāda “going about talk,” gossip, idle talk…

…out for food, to graze (as gocaraṃ c. to pasture, see gocara). Appl. to cows caranti gāvo Snp.20; Ja.iii.479; or to the bhikkhu Pv.i.10#10 (bh….

…the sword Ja.i.254 Ja.i.255; gocaraṃ to take food Ja.iii.275; jane to seize people Ja.i.253; dhanaṃ to grasp the treasure Ja.i.255; nagaraṃ to…

…the sword Ja.i.254 Ja.i.255; gocaraṃ to take food Ja.iii.275; jane to seize people Ja.i.253; dhanaṃ to grasp the treasure Ja.i.255; nagaraṃ to…

…-esana search for food (= gocara) SN.i.141; Snp.711
■ Cp. vi˚*-chada* (chāda & chādana) food & clothing, i.e. tending,…

…the bhikkhu: pucchitabba gocara (and agocara) “enquiries have to be made concerning the fitness or otherwise of his pasturage (i.e. the houses…

…Ja.iv.137.

• -gocara living in the water Ja.ii.158.
• -ja born or sprung from w. Ja.iv.333;…

…and SN.v.217 (mano nesaṃ gocara-visayaṃ paccanubhoti: mano enjoys the function-spheres of the other senses; cp. Geiger Dhamma 81; as in…

…with respect to fish; and gocara, feeding on fishes) Ja.i.221. 3. picu* (or puci˚) manda the Nimb tree, it…

…and SN.v.217 (mano nesaṃ gocara-visayaṃ paccanubhoti: mano enjoys the function-spheres of the other senses; cp. Geiger Dhamma 81; as in…

thrown down, fig. given up, abandoned Thag.350 (˚gocara).

pp. of pavijjhati

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

…SN.v.146 = Mil.368 (p. gocara); (sake p. visaye ʻyour own home-grounds’) DN.iii.58; SN.v.146; Ja.ii.59; Ja.vi.193 (iṇa). Also in cpd….

…raso, tass’ eva gocara-paccupaṭṭhāno mūla-raso khandha-raso ti ādinā nayena anekavidho, i.e. rasa is physiologically &…

companion, mate (lit. having the same activity) Ja.ii.31.

sa² = saṃ, + gocara

…viz sātthaka˚, sappāya˚, gocara˚, asammoha˚, with examples Often combined with sati, with which almost synonymous, e.g. at…

…Ja.iv.142; Vism.185.

• -gocara living on land Ja.ii.159;
• -ja sprung from land (opp. vārija Dhp.34 or…

…pāṇā); Ja.i.459 (= vanagocara); Vb.412 sq.;

• -yoni the realm of the brute creation, the animals. Among the 5 gatis (niraya…

…(jīvitaṃ assāsa-passāsa˚ etc).

upa + ni +…

…Ja.vi.70; Ne.80 Vism.19 (˚gocara), Vism.535 (˚paccaya); Dhs-a.315 (id.); Dhp-a.ii.33; Vv-a.98; Pv-a.38 (sotāpatti-phalassa), Pv-a.55…

…Pv.ii.6#5 (arañña˚-gocara); Vism.424 (Nandana˚ etc.); Dhp-a.iv.53 (taṇhā˚ the jungle of lust). Characterized as amba˚; mango…

…house Thig.73 2. vesiyā Vin.iv.278; Snp.108; Vb.247; in cpd. vesiyā-gocara asking alms from a prostitute’s house…

…house Thig.73 2. vesiyā Vin.iv.278; Snp.108; Vb.247; in cpd. vesiyā-gocara asking alms from a prostitute’s house…

…Cpd. 143 n. 2) SN.v.218 (gocara˚); Ne.23 (iddhi˚); Mil.186 Mil.215, Mil.316; Vism.216 (visayī-bhūta), Vism.570 = Vb-a.182 (mahā˚ &…

…Mil.121; Pv-a.77.

-gocara living or life (lit. feeding) in water Snp.605 -ja “water-born,” i.e. 1…

…n. 4) which however is hardly correct, cp. the similar meaning of gocara “pasturing”, fig. perception etc.

…(cp. Dhp-a.iv.111).

• -gocara pasturing in good conduct; i.e. practice of right behaviour DN.i.63 = Iti.118; MN.i.33;…

…Pp.24; Mil.154; Vism.19 (˚gocara preventive behaviour, cautiousness); Snp-a.476 (˚devatā); Kp-a.120 (id.), Kp-a.169; Dhp-a.ii.146;…