Krsna Kirtana Songs est. 2001 www.kksongs.org
Words Starting with G
gab
– see syāhi
gadā
– mace
Gadādhara
– 1) principal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu 2) “the mace warrior”
gaja
– elephant
Gaja
Jhampa – a rare fifteen beat cycle
gajarā
– 1) braid 2) the outermost layer in the classical drum head where the tasma
are interwoven; it is a non-playable section
Gajendra
– an elephant who sought the help of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Gandhāra
– modern-day
gāndhāra
– the third note in the musical scale (Ga)
Gandhārī
– brother of Sakuni and husband of Dhṛṭarāṣṭra
gandharva
– 1) celestial musicians in the heavenly planets 2) tribal men
Gaṇeśa
– 1) the elephant-headed demigod in charge of material wealth and removal of
obstacles, son of Siva and Pārvatī 2) an eighteen beat pakhāwaj
cycle
Gañjavanta – a bear general
Garbhodakaśāyī
Viṣṇu – one of the Puruṣa-avatāras in charge of
creating diversity in each universe
Garga
– the royal priest of the Yadu clan, the dynasty which Lord Kṛṣṇa chose to appear in
Garuḍa
– the man-eagle carrier of Lord Viṣṇu
gat – a musical composition
gatī – 1) lit. “speed”
2) the scheme in South Indian rhythms to expand length on previously defined
rhythmic cycles
Gauḍīya
Māṭha – (lit. “institution based on devotion of Rādhā (Gaurī)”)
Vedic institution founded by Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī in the
earlier twentieth century
Gaura
– (Gora) (lit. “fair”) a name for Lord Caitanya
Gaura
Kiśora dāsa bābājī – spiritual master of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī
Gaura
Mohana De – (Gour Mohan Dey) father of A.C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī
Gaura
Purṇīma – the appearance day of Lord Caitanya
Gaurāńga – (lit. “fair body”) a name for Lord
Caitanya
Gautama – the sage who
cursed his wife to be a stone, despite her innocence during an act of deceit by
Indra
Gāyatrī – a
mantra sealed in confidentiality chanted upon receiving brahminical initiation;
demigoddess personifying the mantra
gaza – the bow used in
bowing instruments
ghana vādya –
nonmembranous percussion;
ghaṇṭā – bells
ghaṭam – a clay pot
used in South Indian music
ghī – (ghee) clarified
butter used for cooking and for lighting a lamp for āratī
celebrations
Giridhara – the lifter of
the mountain; Kṛṣṇa
Girirāja – the king of
mountains; Govardhana
gīta – a song
Gītā – see
Bhagavad-Gītā
Gīta Govinda – a
collection of songs of the intimate pastimes of Srī Srī
Rādhā Kṛṣṇa by Jayadeva Gosvāmī
Gītamālā –
songbook by Bhaktivinoda Thākura with eighty songs about five spiritual
topics
Gitāvalī –
songbook by Bhaktivinoda Thākura with kirtana-based songs
go – cow
go rakṣa – cow
protection
Gokula – the part of the
Vraja territory where Lord Kṛṣṇa spent His early pastimes at
Goloka – the planet of
cows; Kṛṣṇa’s eternal abode
gopa – cowherd boys; Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal friends
Gopāla – protector of
the cows, Kṛṣṇa
Gopāla
Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī –
one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana
Gopāla Campu – book
filled by praises, hymns, songs, and descriptions by Jīva
Gosvāmī
gopī – cowherd girls;
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal girlfriends who exemplify
love for Kṛṣṇa
gopī
gīta – the song of the gopī girls to Kṛṣṇa when He
was ready to leave for Mathurā
gopīcandana – the dust
of Vṛndāvana; ingredient used for preparing tīlaka
gopīyantra
– the Bengali ektār with one string within a wooden well fastened with two
bamboo sticks
Gopī-jana-vallabha
– (gopī-vallabha) the lover of the cowherd girls; name for Kṛṣṇa
Gosvāmī
– a spiritual leader who has controlled their senses
Govardhana
– the expansion of Kṛṣṇa in the form of a hill; Kṛṣṇa lifted Govardhana Hill to protect
the inhabitants of Vraja from the wrath of Indra
Govinda
– one who pleases the senses of the cows, Kṛṣṇa
Govinda
Dāsa Kavirāja – a well known Vaiṣṇava poets
gṛhastha – the second
stage of life; householder’s life
guba – see khamak
Guḍakeśa –
“one with fine hair”, name of Arjuna
Guha – king of the tribal
class of people outside of the Kosala nation who was very dear to Lord
Rāma
gulāba – rose
gulāba jāmun –
(gulāb-jambū)
guṇa – quality
guru – (gurudeva) (lit.
“heavy”; also lit. “one who removes ignorance”) spiritual master
guru dakṣinā –
fees given to the guru
guru sevā – service to
the guru
gurukula – the boarding
school where children begin their education at age five, living celibate lives
studying until early teenage years