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Glossary of terms used in Hinduism  
 
 

Gandharva
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Celestial musician; one of a class of demigods. (more)

garbhadhana (or niseka)
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Saṃskāra (ceremony, sacrament, rite) in which marriage is consummated; impregnation. (more)
Related Terms: samskara

Gayatri
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Mantra held in great esteem and regarded as the essence of the Vedas (more)

Gayatri-japa
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Repeating, invoking, the Gāyatri mantra (more)
Related Terms: Gayatri

gerrua
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Ochre; the ochre cloth of a monk (in Hinduism). (more)

ghanapathin
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
One who can chant the Vedas according to the ghana method. (more)

gotra
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Familv, lineage, descendants of a great sage (more)

graha
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
A celestial body (more)

grantha
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
A literary work or treatise (more)

grhastha
    (alternate spellings:  grihastha)
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
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. (more)

grhasthasrama
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
See under "grhastha". (more)
Related Terms: grhastha

guna
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
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. (more)

guru
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
spiritual guide or Master (more)

gurukripa
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
In Hinduism, the companion of the guru; the grace of the guru (more)

gurukula
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
See under "Guru". (more)
Related Terms: guru

Gurukulavasa
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
See under "Guru" (more)
Related Terms: guru

gurumantra
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
In Hinduism, holy formula given by the guru (more)

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