Goswami is an Indian surname. The
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...
compound Goswami may mean "lord of the senses" or lord of the Vedas (Go means
Vedas
upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''.
The Vedas (, , ) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute th ...
). It is also pronounced as
Gosains,
Gossain Gossain or Gosain or Gussain or Gosyne is a Hindi word derived from sa, गोस्वामी "lord of senses". It is used as a title in various Indian religious traditions.
These include:
* Gossains, a Hindu social group dealing with Vedas
...
,
Gosain, Gosavi and
Gossains.
Notable people with the surname or title Goswami include:
*
Goswami Tulsidas, Hindu saint and poet author of the epic ''
Ramcharitmanas
''Ramcharitmanas'' ( deva, श्रीरामचरितमानस, Rāmacaritamānasa), is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, based on the '' Ramayana'', and composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas (c. 1532–1623). T ...
''
*
Acharya Pt. Dr Gokulotsavji Maharaj Goswami, Indian classical singer, composer, and musicologist of Hindustani classical music
*
Acharya Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy, Indian vocalist
*
Acharya Radhika Prasad Goswamy, Indian Hindustani classical vocalist
*
Bijoy Krishna Goswami, Hindu social reformer and religious figure
*
Jiva Goswami
Jiva Goswami ( sa, जीव गोस्वामी, Jīva Gosvāmī; ) was an Indian philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition, producing a great number of philosophical works on the theology and practic ...
, philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition
*
Sanatana Goswami, principal disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
*
Abhishek Goswami
Abhishek Goswami (born 6 November 1997) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 9 November 2017.
In Dec 2014, Abhishek scored 255 runs (27 sixes and 18 fours) off 76 balls in the ...
, Indian cricketer
*
Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Indian journalist and Hindi fiction writer
*
Omkar Goswami, Indian economist and journalist
*
Jitendranath Goswami, Indian scientist
*
Anil Goswami, Union Home Secretary of India
*
Anjali Goswami, Honorary Professor of paleobiology at University College London
*
Arup Kumar Goswami
Justice Arup Kumar Goswami (born 11 March 1961) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court. He is former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Sikkim High Court and Judge of Gauhati High Court.
Car ...
, Indian Judge, chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
*
Arnab Goswami, Indian Television journalist
*
Ashokpuri Goswami
Ashokpuri Goswami ( gu, અશોકપુરી ગોસ્વામી) is a Gujarati poet and writer from Gujarat, India. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language in 1997 for his novel ''Koovo'' (1994).
Life
He was born on 17 Augus ...
, Gujarati poet and writer
*
Abhishek Goswami
Abhishek Goswami (born 6 November 1997) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 9 November 2017.
In Dec 2014, Abhishek scored 255 runs (27 sixes and 18 fours) off 76 balls in the ...
, Indian cricketer
*
Abir Goswami, Indian actor
*
Bhairavi Goswami, model
*
Bindiya Goswami, actress
*
Brindaban Goswami, Indian politician
*
Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami
Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (; 9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968), addressed by the honorific Mahārāja (), was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and the founder-acharya of the religious organisation "Sri Gaudiya Ve ...
, founder of the religious organization Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
*
Bhakti Vijnana Goswami, Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and a leader
*
Bhupendra Nath Goswami, Indian meteorologist, climatologist
*
B. N. Goswamy
Brijinder Nath Goswamy is an Indian art critic, art historian and a former vice chairman of the Sarabhai Foundation of Ahmedabad, which runs the Calico Museum of Textiles. Goswamy is best known for his scholarship on Pahari painting and Indian ...
, Indian art critic, art historian
*
Chuni Goswami, Indian professional footballer
*
Dharendra Yogi Goswami, Indo-American scholar, inventor
*
Dulal Chandra Goswami, Indian politician
*
Debashish Goswami
Debashish Goswami is an Indian mathematician. He obtained his PhD degree from Indian Statistical Institute under the supervision of Kalyan Bidhan Sinha. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2012, the ...
, Indian mathematician
*
Debabrata Goswami
Debabrata Goswami FInstP FRSC, (Devanagari गोस्वामी) is an Indian chemist and the Prof. S. Sampath Chair Professor of Chemistry, at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He is also a professor (Higher Administrative Grade) ...
, Indian chemist
*
Gracy Goswami
Gracy Goswami is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi television and films. She made her acting debut in 2014 portraying Pinky Patil in '' Bandhan''. Goswami is best known for her portrayal of Nandini Shekhar in ''Balika Vadhu'' and Amri ...
, Indian child actress
*
Himanish Goswami
Himanish Goswami (18 March 1926 – 14 March 2012), was an Indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist.Samsad Bangali Chartabidhan Vol.II Biographical Dictionary edited by Anjali Bose, Sahitya Samsad, Kokata, January, 2019, page.479,
Early life ...
, Indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist
*
Hemant Goswami, social activist
*
Hardwar Goswami, Gujarati language poet, writer, and playwright
*
Indu Goswami, India politician
*
Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Nishit Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. She plays as a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batter. She is one of the fastest (female) bowler of all times and considered one of the greatest bowlers to ...
, ICC Women's Player of the Year 2007
*
Joy Goswami, Indian Bengali-language poet
*
Jitendranath Goswami, Indian scientist
*
Karunamaya Goswami, musicologist and litterateur
*
Kunal Goswami, actor, businessman
*
KK Goswami, television actor
*
Lajja Goswami
Lajja Goswami (born 28 September 1988) is an Indian markswoman and policewoman. She is a former National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadet. She won the conferred Raksha Mantri Medal in 2009. She also won the silver medal in women's 50-metre rifle 3 positi ...
, Indian woman shooter
*
Madhumita Goswami
Madhumita Bisht (born Madhumita Goswami on 5 October 1964 at Jalpaiguri) is a former badminton player from West Bengal, India. She is an eight-time
National singles champion, nine-time doubles winner and a twelve-time mixed doubles winner. She r ...
, badminton player
*
Indira Raisom Goswami, Indian Assamese-language writer and Jnanpith Award winner
*
Manoj Kumar
Harikrishan Goswami (born 24 July 1937), better known by his screen name Manoj Kumar, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for acting and making films with patriotic themes ...
(born Harikrishna Giri Goswami), Bollywood actor
*
Mukunda Goswami, spiritual leader
*
Morya Gosavi, prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect
*
Mohan Nath Goswami
Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami AC was a soldier in the 9 Para (SF) of the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Army. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration. On 3 September 2015, while serving ...
, Ashok Chakra Awardee, Para 9 commando
*
Manish R Goswami
Manish R Goswami (born 8 October 1961) is an Indian television producer and Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Siddhant Cinevision Private Limited. He is the founder of Siddhant Cinevision Limited and did debut as television producer w ...
, television producer
*
Moloya Goswami, Indian actress in Assamese-language movies and National Film Award winner
*
Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Indian editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer
*
Mihir Goswami, Indian politician
*
Meenakshi Goswami
Meenakshi Goswami was an Indian actress who works mainly in Bengali cinema. mainly as supporting actress. She has worked in movies like Ogo Badhu Sundari, Dui Pata, Amar Geeti, Samrat O Sundari, Chhoto Bou, Swet Patharer Thala . She is part ...
, Indian film actress
*
Sumit Goswami Stackable Unified Module Interconnect Technology (SUMIT) is a connector between expansion buses independent of motherboard form factor. Boards featuring SUMIT connectors are usually used in "stacks" where one board sits on top of another.
It was pub ...
, Haryanvi Singer, From Sonipat, Haryana
*
Parbati Kumar Goswami
Parbati Kumar Goswami (born 1 January 1913-1992) was an Indian Jurist, acting Governor of Assam and Nagaland and former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was the first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India.
Early life
Goswami was b ...
, Indian Jurist, Governor of Assam and Nagaland and former Judge
*
Prashant Goswami
Prashant Goswami (born 1959) is an Indian computational geoscientist, climatologist and the director of the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi. He is a former scientist at the Fourth Paradigm Institute ( ...
, computational geoscientist, climatologist
*
Pitambar Deva Goswami
Pitambar Deva Goswami (10 June 1885 – 20 October 1962) was a spiritual leader and social reformer in the Indian state of Assam. At age six, he was accepted into the monastic order of the Garamur Satra. Goswami was schooled in Sanskrit by ...
, spiritual leader and social reformer
*
Prabodh Chandra Goswami
Prabodh Chandra Goswami (1911–1984) was an Indian school teacher who worked in Jenkins School, Cooch Behar from 1951 to 1971. He was one of the most competent Mathematics teachers in the school during that period and also taught other subjects ...
, mathematician and teacher
*
Rajiv Goswami
Rajiv Goswami (12 June 1971 - 24 February 2004) was a commerce student at the Deshbandhu College, Delhi University who came into prominence when he attempted self-immolation on 19 September 1990 to protest against Prime Minister V.P. Singh's impl ...
, student leader
*
Rama Tirtha Goswami, saint and Hindu philosopher
*
Ram Narayan Goswami, Indian politician
*
Ramakant Goswami, Indian National Congress politician
*
Ravinder Goswami
Ravinder Goswami (born 3 September 1963) is an Indian endocrinologist and professor at the department of endocrinology and metabolism at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. Known for his research on vitamin D deficiency, Goswami i ...
, Indian endocrinologist and professor
*
Runki Goswami
Runki Goswami is an Indian classical singer and composer who sings in 17 different Indian languages, also a Telugu language, Telugu music director.
Early life and career
Runki Goswami was born in Asansol, West Bengal, on 12 June 1978. Her forma ...
, Indian classical singer and composer
*
Rupa Goswami, devotional teacher (guru), poet, and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
*
Tamal Krishna Goswami, spiritual leader
*
Satsvarupa das Goswami, writer, poet, and artist
*
Shahana Goswami, actress
*
Srubabati Goswami
Srubabati Goswami is an Indian scientist specialising in High Energy Physics, Astroparticle Physics, and Neutrino Physics . She is the first Indian woman to earn a Ph.D. in neutrino oscillations from the Science College, University of Calcutta ...
, Indian scientist
*
Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
*
Shyam Manohar Goswami
Shyam Manohar Goswami (IAST: Śyāma Manohara Gosvāmī, Hindi: श्याम मनोहर गोस्वामी, Gujarati: શ્યામ મનોહર ગોસ્વામી) also known as Shyamu Bava (IAST: Śyāmu Bāvā, Hind ...
, sanskritist, philosopher, spiritual leader, reformer and guru of the Krishna-centered Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism
*
Udita Goswami, Bollywood actress
*
Vicky Goswami, Indian drug lord
*
Gopala Bhatta Goswami, foremost disciple of the Vaishnavasaint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and a leading historical figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hinduism
*
Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, saint and Hindu philosopher
*
Raghunatha dasa Goswami
Raghunatha dasa Goswami (1494–1586), Dasa Goswami, was a disciples of the Śrī Yadunandan-ācārya (see Vilāpa Kusumānjali, verse 4, Caitanya-Caritāmṛta Ādi chapter 12 and Antya 6) one of the apostle of the Vaishnava saint, Chaita ...
, Hindu saint and philosopher
*
Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
The Six Goswamis of Vrindavan were a group of devotional teachers (gurus) from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism who lived in India during the 15th and 16th centuries. They are closely associated with the land of Vrindavan where they spe ...
*
Suta Goswami, disciple of Vyasa
{{surname
Surnames
Indian surnames
Surnames of Indian origin
Hindu surnames
Assamese-language surnames
Bengali-language surnames
Bengali Hindu surnames
Bihari-language surnames
Gujarati-language surnames