Gauḍī
Gauḍī, “madya made from guḍa”
Grammar: feminine noun, from guḍa (jaggery).
Meaning: a kind of madya (liquor).
In the scriptures: Sumantu tells Śatānīka the Vināyaka Śānti. After the abhisheka of Vināyaka, a bali is set in a winnowing basket at a junction of four roads. Its items include half-prepared rice, meat, fish, a fragrant pumpkin flower, and three kinds of madya: gauḍī, mādhvī and paishṭī; with them radish, pūrikas, a garland of uṇḍrāḷḷu, curd, pāyasa, cooked rice and laḍḍuvas of jaggery (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 23).
Related terms: Madya · Bali · Vināyaka Śānti
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 23