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गय m. m. ( g. वृषा-दि; √ जिcf. शंगय॑) ‘what has been conquered or acquired’, a house, household, family, goods and chattels, contents of a house, property, wealth, [RV.] ; [AV.] a species of ox (the Gayal or Bosgavaeus), [L.] N. of a ऋषि (son of प्लति), [RV. x, 63, 17 and 64, 16] ; [AitBr. v, 2, 12] (said to know charms), [AV. i, 14, 4] (descendant of अत्रि and author of [RV. v, 9 and 10] ), [RAnukr.] N. of a राजर्षि (performer of a celebrated sacrifice, [MBh. i, iii, iv, ix, xiii] ; [R. ii] ; he was conquered by मान्धातृ, [MBh. vii, 2281] ) of a son (of अमूर्त-रजस्, iii, vii, xii; of आयुस्, i, 3150; of a मनु, [Hariv. 870] ; [BhP. ii] ; of हविर्-धान by धिषणा, [Hariv. 83] ; [BhP. iv] ; of ऊरु by आग्नेयी, [Hariv. 73] ; of वितथ, 1732; of सुद्युम्न, 631; [BhP. ix, 1, 41] ; of नक्त by द्रुति, v, 15, 5) N. of an असुर (slain by शिव [ cf. [RTL. p.87] ], and who like the राजर्षिगय is connected with the town गया), [VāyuP. ii, 44] of one of राम's monkey followers, [MBh. iii, 16271] ; [R. iv, vi] -शिरस् (= ) of a mountain near गया, [MBh. iii, 8304] गय m. m. pl. the vital airs (used only for the etym. of गायत्री), [ŚBr. xiv, 8, 15, 7] गय m. m.N. of a people living round गया and of the district inhabited by them, [MBh. ii, ix] ; [R. ii]
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