गवय

Gavaya

Gavaya · IAST

Commander of Rāma's vānara army — appears multiple times in Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata.

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Scripture references

  • Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Yuddha Kāṇḍa 6.39.27

    गवयेन गवाक्षेण शरभेण गजेन च। अन्यैश्च हरिभिर्युद्धं मदार्थे त्यक्तजीवितैः॥

    gavayena gavākṣeṇa śarabheṇa gajena ca | anyaiśca haribhiryuddhaṁ madārthe tyaktajīvitaiḥ ||

    Gavaya, Gavākṣa, Sarabha, Gaja and other monkeys have fought as others are incapable of fighting — determined to lay down their lives for me.

  • Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Yuddha Kāṇḍa 6.116.51

    रक्तचन्दनकर्पूरैः संवृतं काञ्चनं घटम्। गवयः पश्चिमात्तोयमाजहार महार्णवात्॥

    raktacandanakarpūraiḥ saṁvṛtaṁ kāñcanaṁ ghaṭam | gavayaḥ paścimāttoyamājahāra mahārṇavāt ||

    Gavaya brought, from the great Western Ocean in that golden jar, water perfumed with the fragrance of red sandal and camphor.

  • Mahābhārata · Āraṇyaka Parva 3.267.3

    कोटीशतवृतौ चापि गजो गवय एव च। वानरेन्द्रौ महावीर्यौ पृथक्पृथगदृश्यताम्॥

    koṭīśatavṛtau cāpi gajo gavaya eva ca | vānarendrau mahāvīryau pṛthakpṛthagadṛśyatām ||

    Those two foremost of monkeys, the highly powerful Gaja and Gavaya, each surrounded by hundreds of crores of monkeys, made their appearance separately.

Source: akshara-pravaaha.com/naamaavali/gavaya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Citations from Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata

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