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घोष m. am. indistinct noise, tumult, confused cries of a multitude, battle-cry, cries of victory, cries of woe or distress, any cry or sound, roar of animals, [RV.] ; [AV.] &c. the sound of a drum, of a conch-shell, of the सोम stones, of a carriage, &c., [RV.] ; [AV.] &c. the whizzing or whir of a bow-string ([ [TBr. ii] ]), crackling of fire ([ [MBh. ix, 1334] ]), singing in the ear ([ [ŚBr. xiv] ]) the roaring of a storm, of thunder, of water, &c., [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [Suśr.] ; [Megh.] the sound of the recital of prayers, [MBh.] ; [R.] ; [Mṛcch. x, 12] the sound of words spoken at a distance, [ŚBr. ix] rumour, report (also personified, KātyŚr. Sch. ), [RV. x, 33, 1] a proclamation, [SaddhP. iv] a sound (of speech), [ChUp.] ; [Suśr.] ग् the soft sound heard in the articulation of the sonant consonants (, घ्, ज्, झ्, ड्, ढ्, द्, ध्, ब्, भ्, ङ्, ञ्, ण्, न्, म्, य्, र्, ल्, व्, ह्), the vowels, and अनुस्वार which with the यमs of the first 10 of the soft consonants make up altogether 40 sounds ( cf. अ-घ्°), [RPrāt. xiii, 5 f.] ; [APrāt.] Sch. ; [Pāṇ. 1-1, 9] Sch. an ornament that makes a tinkling sound, [BhP. x, 8, 22] a station of herdsmen, [MBh.] ; [Hariv.] ; [R.] &c. ( ifc. cf. [Pāṇ. 6-2, 85] ) ( pl. ) the inhabitants of a station of herdsmen, [MBh. iv, 1152] a particular form of a temple, [Hcat. ii, 1, 389] a musquito, [L.] Luffa foetida or a similar plant, [L.] N. of शिव, [MBh. xii, 10386] N. of a man ( [Sāy.] ), [RV. i, 120, 5] of an असुर, [Kāṭh. xxv, 8] of a prince of the काण्व dynasty, [BhP. xii, 1, 16] of a son of दक्ष's daughter लम्बा, [Hariv. 148 and 12480] of an अर्हत्, [Buddh.] a common N. for a काय-स्थ or one of the writer caste, [W.] घोष m. m. pl. ( g. धूमा-दि) N. of a people or country, [VarBṛS. xiv, 2] घोष mn. mn. brass, bell-metal, [L.] घोष b°षक, &c. See √ 1.घुष्.
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