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गौरी gaurī, s.f. 'The brilliant goddess,' name of the goddess Pārvatī(the wife of Śiva);—a young girl (prior to menstruation, or of about ten years of age), a maiden;—the vigils and festivities of Bhādra-pad-śukl-pakshin honour of Pārvatī;—name of a rāginīor musical mode:—gaurī-pati, or gaurīś(˚rī+īśa), s.m. 'The husband or lord of Gaurīor Pārvatī,' the god Śiva:—gaurī-pūjā, s.f. The adoration or worship of Gaurī; name of a festival on the fourth day in the last half of the month Māgh:—gaurī-śaṅkar, s.m. An epithet of Mahādeva.