Goloka
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit गोलोक (goloka, literally “cow’s world”), from a compound of गो (go, “cow”) + लोक (loka, “world, realm”).
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editGoloka
- (Hinduism) The celestial abode of the Hindu god Krishna and his chief consort goddess Radha.
- 1927, Charuchandra Guha, Krishna of Vrindabana, Bengal Library Book Depot, →OCLC, page 490:
- Gokul (or Goloka)—the innermost realm of love, is, like, Krishna’s Form all-pervading. At Krishna’s will Goloka revolves through all the worlds. From this it follows that Goloka is the realm of his eternal love-games, which successively manifests itself throughout the worlds.
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