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1ghunghat

2(घूंघट)

3Veil

4Gokul

5(गोकुल)

6A holy land in Braj where Shri Krishna

7performed His childhood pastimes.

8Golok

9(गोलोक)

10The divine abode of the Supreme Lord,

11Shri Krishna.

12Gopi (s)

13(गोपी)

14The maidens of Braj exalted in the

15scriptures for their selfless amorous love

16for Shri Krishna.

17There are two classes of Gopis -

18(i) those who have taken birth in Braj as a

19result of spiritual practice – or sadhan siddh

20Gopis and

21(ii) those Gopis who have descended with

22Shri Krishna from Golok and are non-

23different from Him like Lalita, Vishakha

24–the nitya siddh Gopis.

25Gopas

26(गोप)

27Cowherd boys

28Govardhana

29(गोवर्धन)

30The sacred hill of Braj where Shri Krishna

31used to graze the cows.

32Gunas (s)

33(गुण)

34The three constituent modes of maya

35consisting of sattva (mode of goodness),

36rajasa (mode of passion) and tamasa (mode

37of ignorance)

38gulli danda

39(गुल्ली डण्डा)

40Children’s game

41Guru

42(गुरु)

43The Spiritual Master

44Guru dham

45(गुरु धाम)

46The place of Guru’s appearance, any place

47where Guru stays.

48gvalbal

49(ग्वालबाल)

50Playmates of Shri Krishna, same as sakha

51halahal

52(हलाहल)

53Poison

54hladini shakti The most intimate power of God which

55(ह्लादिनी शक्ति)

56imparts Bliss to both God and the devotee

57and the essence of which is prem or divine

58love.

59jhanguli

60(झंगुली)

61A loose upper garment for babies.

62jivanmukt

63(जीवनमुक्त)

64One who has attained realization of the

65self but is not completely liberated from