(p. 293) gaṇēśa the lord of the hosts; the name of the eldest son of Shiva (শিব) and Durga (দুর্গা) who is the presiding deity of success. 45)

(p. 321) gōtama a sage who wrote a famous treatise on logic; Gautama Buddha. 11)

(p. 296) gabharnamēnṭa (pol.) government. 57)

(p. 308) gīrdēbī Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the presiding goddess of speech. 61)

(p. 293) gajānō to sprout; to originate; to evolve; to grow. a. sprouted; originated; evolved, grown. 3)

(p. 321) gōśālā a cowshed; a cow-house, a byre. 100)

(p. 321) gōpāṣṭamī the eighth lunar day in the moonlit fortnight of the month of Kartika (কার্তিক) when Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) began to act as a cowboy. 34)

(p. 291) ga1 the third consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 314) gēn̐ḍ়ākala a dishonest way of achieving one's end by deceiving or threatening people; a racket. 74)

(p. 293) gaṇḍaka the rhinoceros; an obstacle; a unit of counting in fours; a river of that name. 47)

(p. 321) gauḍ় an ancient name of modern Bengal (controversial opinions exist as to the actual area or Gauda). ̃জন n. the people of Bengal, Bengalis. গৌড়ী n. an Indian musical mode; a kind of poetical diction; a kind of rum prepared from molasses. গৌড়ীয় a. of or living in or produced in Gauda (গৌড়). 116)

(p. 301) galat, galati1 in a melting state; dripping; secreting morbid matter (গলত্কুষ্ঠ). গলত্কুষ্ঠ n. ulcerous leprosy secreting morbid matter. 23)

(p. 301) galadaśru with tears flowing from the eyes or rolling down the cheeks (গলদশ্রুলোচন). গলদশ্রুলোচনে adv. with tearful eyes. 27)

(p. 308) gāẏatrī the personified female energy worshipped in the Vedas; Brahma's wife; Goddess Durga; a Vedic incantation which is recited musingly by a Brahman at prayers; a Vedic metre of versification. গায়ত্রী জপ করা v. to recite musingly the prescribed Vedic incantation at prayer. 19)

(p. 326) gaurī having a cream-coloured complexion tinged with red; (loos.) faircomplexioned. n. a woman or a girl having a cream-coloured complexion tinged with red; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); an unmarried girl of eight years. ̃কান্ত n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃দান n. giving away in marriage an under-age girl; giving away in marriage an eightyear old Hindu girl. ̃পট্ট n. the pedestal symbolizing Gauri (গৌরী) or Durga on which the symbol of Shiva is placed. ̃শঙ্কর n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) and Shiva (শিব); Mount Everest. 5)