கோவணாண்டி–கோமணாண்டி — A religious mendicant of the Saiva sect who wears no clothing but the fore-lap.
கோவணன் — Siva who appeared with the fore-lap only. சிவன். 2. (சது.) Vasishta, வசிட்டன். கோவணக்குண்டியன். One with fore-lap above his buttocks; i. e. One destitute of any means of subsistence.
Fabricius (1972)
கோவணம் — noun
கோமணம், s. (கௌபீனம்) a man's forelap.
கோவணன்–காமதேனு — Siva; 2. Vasishta as having with him.
கோவணாண்டி — a mendicant or beggar wearing nothing but a forelap.