358 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

Deva-dasis—maharis, professional dancing and singing girls trained to dramatize
Vaisnava ideology.

Dola-yatra ceremony —swing festival for the Deities.

Durga-mandapa—the place in a house where mother Durga is worshiped.

G

Gosvami—one who controls his sense gratification and serves Caitanya.

Govardhana-sila—a stone from Govardhana hill in Vrndavana which is worshipable
as Krsna Himself.

Gramya-kathd—talk concerning family life.

Gramya-kavi—one who writes only about the relationship between man and
woman.

Grham andhakipam—family affection.

Grhastha—a householder who follows the rules of saintly life.

Grhavrata—one who is attached to living in a confortable home although it is ac-
tually miserable.

Grhavratas —those determined to continue following the materialistic way of life.

Guru —spiritual master.

Impersonal monism—philosophy that everything is one, and that the Absolute Truth
is not a person.
Indra—the King of heaven.

Jagad-guru—the spiritual master of the entire world.
Jfiana—knowledge.
Jfiani—a transcendentalist interested in speculative philosophy.

K

Kanistha-adhikari—lowest class of devotee.

Karma—fruitive work, for which one must accept good or bad reactions.
Karma-bandanah —bondage to the reactions of fruitive activities.
Karmi—a fruitive worker.

Khaja—a kind of light sweetmeat.

Krsna-katha—topics of Krsna.
