The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (853 page)

Authors: John Bowker

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Girsah
(plain meaning)
:

see
PILPUL
.

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(Hindu text)
:

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Gita
.

A
Maronite
Christian veil, used to cover the paten, chalice, or oblation in the liturgy.

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govinda
(Song of the Cowherd)
.

A court poem by Jayadeva (12th cent. CE). Erotic in nature, it appears on the surface to be a straightforward account of the loves of
K

a
for the gop

s. But the poem is also read (and dramatically acted), especially by
Vai

avas
, as a poem on the longing of the human for the divine.

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