○govinda n. 'Govinda (i.e. Kṛishṇa) celebrated in song', N. of a lyrical drama by Jayadeva (probably written in the beginning of the twelfth century
• it is a mystical erotic poem describing the loves of Kṛishṇa and the Gopīs, especially of Kṛishṇa and Rādhā, who is supposed to typify the human soul)