(p. 306) gāchā1 a lampstick (cp. a candlestick); a lampstand. 9)

(p. 296) gaẏāli a priest and guide for the pilgrims to the temple of Gaya. 71)

(p. 293) gaṇḍa the cheek; any morbid fleshy growth on the body, a tumour, a boil (গলগণ্ড); a gland (গণ্ডমালা); any massive thing (গণ্ডশৈল). a. large and important. ̃কূপ n. a dimple on the cheek; a valley. ̃গ্রাম n. a large populous village; a remote village. ̃দেশ, ̃ফলক n. the cheek. ̃মালা n. mumps; scrofula. ̃মূর্খ a. utterly ignorant or illiterate; utterly stupid. গণ্ডশিলা n. a boulder. গণ্ডশৈল n. a volcanic rock. ̃স্হল n. the cheek. 46)

(p. 293) gaṇa a collection, a multitude; a number more than one (used as a sfx. to indicate plurality, e.g. বালকগণ = boys, পুরুষগণ = men); a community, a class; a group; a genus; a species; the common people, the masses; the attendants of Shiva (শিব); a clan, a race, a family; a classification of persons according to the stars predominant at their birth (দেবগণ, নরগণ, রাক্ষসগণ); (in Sanskrit gr.) a classification of verbs (ভ্বাদিগণ). ̃অভ্যুত্থান n. mass rising, mass upheaval, mass revolt. ̃আদালত n. people's court. ̃আন্দোলন n. massmovement. ̃চেতনা n. popular awareness; awakening of the people. ̃তন্ত্র n. a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the elected representatives of the people; democracy; a republic. ̃তন্ত্রী, ̃তান্ত্রিক a. republican; democratic. ̃দেব n. an appellation of Ganesha (গণেশ). ̃দেবতা n. one of a class of subordinate deities; the people conceived as a deity. ̃নাট্য n. people's theatre. ̃নায়ক n. a leader of the people. ̃নাথ ̃পতি n. the lord of the host; an appellation of Ganesha (গণেশ) and also Shiva (শিব). ̃পরিষদ n. a constituent assembly. ̃বিক্ষোভ n. popular unrest, people's agitation. ̃ভোট n. plebiscite. ̃মাধ্যম n. mass media. ̃যুদ্ধ n. people's war. ̃শক্তি n. power of the people, the united strength of the people; the people collectively; the sovereignty of the people. ̃সংগীত n. folk song; group music; song of the masses. ̃সংগ্রাম n. mass struggle. ̃হত্যা n. genocide. 37)

(p. 321) gōsbāmī the lord or the protector of cows or of the earth; a master; God; a religious teacher, a preceptor, a guru; a title of Vaishnava gurus. 114)

(p. 321) gōpura a gate (usu. an ornamental one) of a temple; a portal of a city, an ornamental city-gate. 38)

(p. 296) gatānugatika routine; customary; usual; conventional; traditional; trite, hackneyed, commonplace; monotonous. ̃তা n. state of being customary; traditionalism; subservience to routine; triteness; lack or absence of variety; monotony. ̃ভাবে adv. in a customary or hackneyed fashion, by keeping to the beaten track. 6)

(p. 296) garimā glory; pride; vanity; importance; spiritual glory earned by yoga or austere religious practice. 88)

(p. 321) gōsām̐i a master; God, Lord; a title of Vaishnava gurus. 108)

(p. 314) gṛhiṇī a housewife, a house-mother; one's wife; a wife. ̃পনা n. housewifery. 61)

(p. 321) gōlandāja a gunner, an artilleryman. ̃বাহিনী n. artillery. গোলন্দাজি n. gunnery, artillery. a. relating to the gunner or gunnery. 85)

(p. 291) gaṅgā the Ganges, the Ganga; a river; a wife of Shiva (শিব). (poet.) গঙ্গা, গঙ্গজ a. Gangetic; riverine. গঙ্গাজলি1 n. act of putting the water of the Ganges into the mouth of a dying person; act of swearing by taking the water of the Ganges in one's palm. গঙ্গাজলি2 a. having the colour of the water of the Ganges, of a brownish cream colour. ̃তীর n. bank of the Ganges. ̃ধর n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃পুত্র n. (in the Mahabharata) Bhishma; one belonging to a Hindu caste whose business is to cremate or to help cremation, (cp.) an undertaker by caste. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. (lit.) one whose mortal remains have been thrown in the Ganges; dead. গঙ্গাপ্রাপ্ত হওয়া v. to die (esp. holily). ̃প্রাপ্তি n. death (esp. in a holy manner). ̃ফড়িং n. the grasshopper (of the green and large variety). ̃বাসী a. living near or on the bank of the Ganges; riverine. ̃মাহাত্ম্য n. the glory of the Ganges; a hymn glorifying the Ganges. ̃যমুনা n. the Ganges and the Jumna or their confluence. a. black-and-white; mixed with gold and silver, bimetallic. ̃যাত্রা n. act of carrying a dying person to the bank of the Ganges. গঙ্গাযাত্রা করা v. to be carried to the bank of the Ganges on the eve of one's death. গঙ্গাযাত্রা করানো v. to carry (a dying person) to the bank of the Ganges. ̃যাত্রী n. a person who is being carried to the bank of the Ganges on the eve of his death; a dying man; a pilgrim to the mouth of the Ganges esp. on a holy occasion. fem. ̃যাত্রিণী । ̃লাভ same as গঙ্গাপ্রাপ্তি । ̃সংগম, ̃সাগর n. the confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, the mouth of the Ganges. ̃স্নান n. bathing in the Ganges. গঙ্গাস্নান করা v. to bathe in the Ganges; (fig.) to cleanse oneself of guilt, sin etc. to make oneself pure. 6)

(p. 311) guṭiguṭi pacing or moving very slowly (like a silk-worm). 26)

(p. 327) grāmī one who lives in or rules a village; rural; rustic; consisting of or containing villages or musical scales. 23)

(p. 326) granhika a soothsayer, an astrologer, a fortune-teller. 16)