Gandharva
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Celestial musician; one of a class of demigods.
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garbhadhana (or niseka)
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Saṃskāra (ceremony, sacrament, rite) in which marriage is consummated; impregnation.
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Gayatri
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Mantra held in great esteem and regarded as the essence of the Vedas
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Gayatri-japa
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Repeating, invoking, the Gāyatri mantra
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gerrua
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Ochre; the ochre cloth of a monk (in Hinduism).
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ghanapathin
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One who can chant the Vedas according to the ghana method.
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gotra
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Familv, lineage, descendants of a great sage
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graha
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A celestial body
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grantha
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A literary work or treatise
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grhastha
(alternate spellings: grihastha)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Householder. Grhasthāśrama is the second stage in a man's life (āshrama), that of the householder, wherein the student marries, performs the requisite rituals and serves family and community.
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grhasthasrama
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See under "grhastha".
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guna
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A cosmic quality, of which there are three: sattva (purity, harmony, essence), rajas (passion, energy), and tamas (obscurity, inertia) of which all of manifestation is constituted.
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guru
(Language: Sanskrit)
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spiritual guide or Master
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gurukripa
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In Hinduism, the companion of the guru; the grace of the guru
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gurukula
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "Guru".
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Gurukulavasa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "Guru"
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gurumantra
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Hinduism, holy formula given by the guru
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