1 N. of a country; the skadaṃpurāṇa thus describes its posi- tion: vaṃgadeśaṃ samārabhya bhuvaneśāṃtagaḥ śive. gauḍadeśaḥ samākhyātaḥ sarvavidyāvi- śāradaḥ..

2 A particular subdivi- sion of Brāhmaṇas. ḍāḥ (pl.) The inhabitants of Gauḍa. ḍī 1 Spirit distilled from molasses; gau- ḍī paiṣṭī ca mādhvī ca vijñeyā trividhā surā Ms. 11. 95.

2 One of the Rāgiṇīs.

3 (In rhet.) One of the Rītis or Vṛttis or styles...