Gosine

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

Shaivaites

• Members of the Dasnami order, established by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.
• A certain class of Shaivite ascetics.
• A Dasnami sannyasin title given to a disciple by his guru after being baptised into a sanyasa tradition (for example, Gosain or Gusain or Gosine, or Goswami Tulsidas).
• 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 subcommunity 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