Krsna Kirtana Songs
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Words Starting with G
gab (गॉब) – see syāhi
gadā (गदा) – mace
Gadādhara (गदाधर) – 1) principal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu 2) “the
mace warrior”
gaja (गज) – elephant
Gaja Jhampā (गज झम्पा) – a rare fifteen beat
cycle
gajarā (गजरा)
– 1) braid 2) the outermost layer in the classical drum head where the tasma are interwoven; it is a non-playable section
Gajendra (गजेन्द्र) – an elephant who sought
the help of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Gandhāra (गन्धार) – modern-day Afghanistan
ruled by Sakuni
gāndhāra (गान्धार) – the third note in the
musical scale (Ga)
Gandhārī (गान्धारी)
– brother of Sakuni and husband of Dhṛṭarāṣṭra
gandharva (गन्धर्व) – 1) celestial musicians
in the heavenly planets 2) tribal men
Gaṇeśa (गणेश) – 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
Gańgā – (Ganges) the most
sacred river in
Gañjavanta (गञ्जवन्त) – a bear general
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu (गर्भोदकशायी
विष्णु)
– one of the Puruṣa-avatāras in charge of creating diversity in each universe
Garga (गर्ग) – the royal priest of
the Yadu clan, the dynasty which Lord Kṛṣṇa
chose to appear in
Garuḍa (गरुड) – the man-eagle carrier of Lord Viṣṇu
gat (गत) – a musical composition
gatī (गती) – 1) lit. “speed” 2) the scheme in South Indian
rhythms to expand length on previously defined rhythmic cycles
Gauḍīya Māṭha
(गौडीय माठ) – (lit. “institution based on
devotion of Rādhā (Gaurī)”)
Vedic institution founded by Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī in the earlier twentieth century
Gaura (गौर) – (Gora)
(lit.
“fair”) a name for Lord Caitanya
Gaura Kiśora dāsa bābājī (गौर किशोर दास बाबाजी)
– spiritual master of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī
Gaura Mohana De (गौर मोहन दे) – (Gour Mohan Dey)
father of A.C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī
Prabhupāda
Gaura Purṇīma (गौर पुर्णीम) – the appearance day of
Lord Caitanya
Gaurāńga (गौराङ्ग) – (lit. “fair body”) a name for Lord Caitanya
Gautama (गौतम) – the sage who cursed his wife to be a stone,
despite her innocence during an act of deceit by Indra
Gāyatrī (गायत्री) – a mantra sealed in confidentiality chanted upon
receiving brahminical initiation; demigoddess
personifying the mantra
gaza (गज़) – the bow used in bowing instruments
ghana vādya (घन वाद्य) – nonmembranous
percussion;
ghaṇṭā (घण्टा) – bells
ghaṭam (घटम्) – a clay pot used in South Indian music
ghī (घी) – (ghee) clarified butter used for cooking and for
lighting a lamp for āratī celebrations
Giridhara (गिरिधर) – the lifter of the mountain; Kṛṣṇa
Girirāja (गिरिराज) – the king of mountains; Govardhana
gīta (गीत) – a song
Gītā (गीता) – see Bhagavad-Gītā
Gīta Govinda (गीत गोविन्द) – a collection of songs of the intimate pastimes
of Srī Srī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa by Jayadeva Gosvāmī
Gītamālā (गीतमाला) – songbook by Bhaktivinoda
Thākura with eighty songs about five spiritual
topics
Gītāvalī (गीतावली) – songbook by Bhaktivinoda
Thākura with kirtana-based
songs
go (gau) (गौ) – cow
go rakṣā (गौ रक्षा) – cow protection
Gokula (गोकुल) – the part of the Vraja
territory where Lord Kṛṣṇa spent His early pastimes at
Goloka (गोलोक) – the planet of cows; Kṛṣṇa’s eternal
abode
gopa (गोप) – cowherd boys; Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal
friends
Gopāla (गोपाल) – protector of the cows, Kṛṣṇa
Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī (गोपाल भट्ट गोस्वामी) – one of the six Gosvāmīs
of Vṛndāvana
Gopāla Campu (गोपाल चम्पु) – book filled by praises, hymns, songs, and
descriptions by Jīva Gosvāmī
gopī (गोपी) – cowherd girls; Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal
girlfriends who exemplify love for Kṛṣṇa
gopī gīta
(गोपी गीत) – the song of the gopī
girls to Kṛṣṇa
when He was ready to leave for Mathurā
gopīcandana (गोपीचन्दन) – the dust of Vṛndāvana;
ingredient used for preparing tīlaka
gopīyantra (गोपीयन्त्र) – the Bengali ektār with one string within a wooden well fastened
with two bamboo sticks
Gopī-jana-vallabha (गोपी-जन-वल्लभ) – (gopī-vallabha)
the lover of the cowherd girls; name for Kṛṣṇa
Gosvāmī (गोस्वामी)
– a spiritual leader who has controlled their senses
Govardhana (गोवर्धन) – 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 (गोविन्द) – one who pleases the
senses of the cows, Kṛṣṇa
Govinda Dāsa Kavirāja (गोविन्द दास कविराज) – a well known Vaiṣṇava
poet
gṛhastha (गृहस्त) – the second stage of life; householder’s life
guba (गुब) – see khamak
Guḍakeśa (गुडकेश) – “one with fine hair”, name of Arjuna
Guha (गुह) – king of the tribal class of people outside of
the Kosala nation who was very dear to Lord Rāma
gulāba (गुलाब) – rose
gulāba jāmun (गुलाब जामुन) – (gulāb-jambū)
guṇa (गुण) – quality
guru (गुरु) – (gurudeva) (lit.
“heavy”; also lit. “one who removes ignorance”) spiritual master
guru dakṣinā (गुरु दक्षिना) – fees given to the guru
guru sevā (गुरु सेवा) – service to the guru
gurukula (गुरुकुल) – the boarding school where children begin their
education at age five, living celibate lives studying until early teenage years
UPDATED:
June 27, 2009