Gosine

Gosine

The Hindi word Gosine (or Gosain, Goosaayee, or Gussain) (from Sanskrit Goswami), 'lord of senses' refer to:

haivaites

* The name for the members of Dasnami order established by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.
* The name of a certain class of Shaivite ascetics.
* A Dasnami sannyasin title given to a disciple by one's guru after getting baptised into sanyasa tradition (e.g. Gosain or Gusain or Gosine, or Goswami Tulsidas).
* A name given to a Brahmin who after several years of study of Veda and Purana is Ordained by senior Pandits as a master of his senses or a Gosine.

Vashnaivites

* A title given to leaders of the Vallabhas.
* The name of a sub-community of Brahmins , the descendants of Chaitanya.

References

*H. P. Blavatsky, 1892." The Theosophical Glossary". London: The Theosophical Publishing Society
*New Illustrated Columbia Encyclopedia Vol 23, 1979. New York: Columbia University Press


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