गोष्ठः _gōṣṭhḥ _ष्ठम् _ṣṭham

गोष्ठः ष्ठम् [गावस्तिष्ठन्त्यत्र घञर्थे क षत्वम्] (Usually गोष्ठम् only)

1 A cowpen, cowhouse, cow-station.

-2 A station of cowherds.

-3 An abode, place of living; गोष्ठान् हरीणां गिरिसेतुमालाः Mb.3.177.3.

-ष्ठः An assembly or meeting.

-3 An epithet of Śiva.

-ष्ठम् A purificatory श्राद्ध ceremony; वाच्यं गोष्ठे तु सुश्रुतम् Ms.3.254. ˚पतिः a chief herdsman. ˚वेदिका a mound or altar in a cowpen. ˚श्वः a dog in a cowpen which barks at every one; applied figuratively to a slanderous person, one who stays idly at home and slanders his neighbours. गोष्ठेपण्डितः 'wise in a cowpen,' a braggart, vain boaster. गोष्ठेक्ष्वेडिन् m. a boasting coward; also गोष्ठपटु, गोष्ठेप्रगल्भः, -शूरः &c.