The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (853 page)

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Girsah
(plain meaning)
:
see
PILPUL
.
G
t
(Hindu text)
:
Gita
.
A
Maronite
Christian veil, used to cover the paten, chalice, or oblation in the liturgy.
G
t
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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