(p. 314) gṛhya1 acceptable; brought under control. 65)

(p. 296) gandhādhibāsa, gandhādhibāsana a ceremonial perfuming prior to a marriage or a holy rite. 37)

(p. 321) gōbara cow-dung, muck. ̃গণেশ a. soft-headed corpulent lazy and good-for-nothing. n. such a man or boy. ̃গাদা n. a dung-heap, a dung-hill, a muck-heap. গোবর গ্যাস n. a gas (usu. cooking gas) obtained from cow-dung. গোবরভরা a. (ridi.) full of stupidity (গোবরভরা মাথা = a stupid head). গোবরে পদ্মফুল (lit.) a lotus in a dung-hill; (fig.) a solitary instance of beauty or talent in the midst of ugly or stupid environment, a Venus amongst hags, a Socrates amongst fools. 45)

(p. 314) guma1 secret, unrevealed, concealed (গুমখুন); carried off and kept concealed (লাশ গুম করা); gone in hiding or absconding (গুম হওয়া); missing; speechless and motionless (গুম হয়ে বসে থাকা) গুম করা v. to carry off and keep concealed. ̃খুন n. a secret murder or assassination. গুম হওয়া v. to be carried off and kept concealed; to abscond, to go into hiding; to be missing; to become speechless and motionless. 15)

(p. 321) gōḍ়ā the root, the base, the bottom (গাছের গোড়া, দাঁতের গোড়া, থামের গোড়া); reach (হাতের গোড়ায়); foundation (গোড়াপত্তন); the beginning or start, inception (সৃষ্টির গোড়া থেকে); the root cause (নষ্টের গোড়া) ̃গুড়ি adv. in the beginning, at first. n. the beginning, inception (গুড়াগুড়ি থেকে) ̃পত্তন n. act of laying the foundation; start. গোড়াপত্তন করা v. to lay the foundation of; to start. গোড়া কেটে আগায় জল (lit.) ridiculous act of cutting off a tree from its bottom and then watering its branches to rejuvenate it; (fig.) mending a thing after ending it; an attempt to mend something when it is too late. 8)

(p. 296) gatyantara another means or way, an alternative means or way, an alternative. ̃হীন a. without an alternative, without any other means, left without an alternative. 12)

(p. 321) gōrōcanā a bright yellow pigment secreted from a cow's kidney. 78)

(p. 314) guha God Kartik (কার্তিক); Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) ষষ্ঠী n. sixth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Agrahayana (অগ্রহায়ণ). 47)

(p. 306) gājara carrot. 12)

(p. 321) gōḍ় the base, the root; the foot. ̃তোলা, ঘোড়তোলা a. high-heeled. গোড়ে গোড় দেওয়া v. to follow in one's footsteps; to support blindly; to say ditto to. 7)

(p. 311) gucchēra undesirably numerous or countless, too many. 7)

(p. 311) guḍ়ākēśa (lit.) one who has won over sleep, an appellation of Shiva (শিব) and of Arjuna (অর্জুন) of the Mahabharata. 33)

(p. 321) gōḍ়āli the ankle; the heel. 9)

(p. 321) gōṭha2 a grazing ground, a pasture or pasturage. 6)

(p. 320) gōm̐pha, gōm̐pa moustache; whiskers. গোঁফে তা দেওয়া v. to trim the ends of one's moustache (figuratively this indicates great delight or ease or nonchalance). ̃খেজুর a. extremely lazy (from the story of a person who lay hungry under a date-tree and yet refused to move his hand to reach the date that fell upon his moustache but hoped that a date would fall straight into his mouth). 2)