_Ghát_--bathing stairs in a river, usually sacred. _Ghee_--melted butter. _Gopis_--milk-maids of Brindában with whom Krishna disported. _Goswámi_--a title of respect, usually given to spiritual leaders among the Vaishnavs. _Govardhan_--a sacred hill near Brindában. _Guru_--spiritual preceptor, initiator into learning or a faith. _Haridás_--a Muhammadan who had turned Vaishnav under Chaitanya's influence. There was another Haridas, a born Hindu, among Chaitanya's followers. _Jagannáth_--or Lord of the Universe, name of the idol of Krishna worshipped in the temple at Puri; also applied to the town of Puri. _Jhárikhand_--the jungle country, Chota Nagpur and the Santhal parganas. _Kali yug_--the present or iron age of the world. _Katak_--the capital of Orissa and the seat of King Pratap Rudra of the Gajapati dynasty. _Kholan_--instrument of music, being a long earthenware drum covered at both ends with leather; distinctive of the Bengali Vaishnavs. _Kirtan_ or _sankirtan_, chanting God's name to the accompaniment of dance and song. _Kulin_--(1) a man of blue blood (kul), descended from a mythical ancestor of high character or social position in a very far-off age. (2) the name of a village in Bengal. _Kunda_--a pool of water, sacred to some god or saint. _Lilá_--the antic or sport of a god, particularly of Krishna. _Mádhav Pun_--also Madhavendra, a monk, the spiritual guide of that Ishwar Puri who was the guru of Chaitanya. _Mahá-pátra_--minister of the Rajah of Orissa. _Mahá-prasád_--food offered to Jagannáth and thereafter considered as holy. _Mangal-árati_--early morning worship, see _árati_. _Mantra_--spell, sacred verse (usually in Sanskrit). _Mahánta_--the abbot of a Hindu monastery. _Niláchal_--the Blue Mountain. Name of the mound on which the temple of Jagannáth at Puri is situated. _Nimái_--a nick-name of Chaitanya. _Nupur_--bells tied to the feet in dancing. _Odhra_--Orissa. _Pándás_--attendants at a temple (such as Jagannáth); they act as guides to pilgrims for a consideration. _Pandit_--scholar, one versed in Sanskrit. _Parichhá_--the highest servitor of the temple of Jagannáth. _Prasád_--food dedicated to a god at his worship, and thereafter eaten by the faithful as something holy. _Prayág_--the town of Allahabad, at the junction of the Ganges and the Jamuna. _Prem_--love, the highest form of bhakti or devotion. _Puri_--(1) a town on the sea-coast in Orissa, containing the temple of Jagannáth. (2) the title of an order of monks. _Purushottam_--a title of Vishnu; usually applied to the temple of Jagannáth at Puri. _Rárh_--the upland of Burdwan and Birbhum districts, west of the Ganges. _Sankirtan_--see _kirtan_. _Sannyási_--ascetic, monk, religious mendicant.