# गोलोक (goloka)

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गोलोक (goloka) is a Sanskrit word meaning a part of heaven called the cow-world, krishna's heaven in later mythology, the heaven of Krishna, krishnas heaven, the world of kine, the residence of Surabhi. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Krishna's Celestial Abode, Divine World of Cows / Kine, Lexicographical Reference.

- **Etymology:** E. गो a cow, and लोक world — E. go a cow, and loka world
- **SLP1:** `goloka`  **IAST:** goloka  **Devanagari:** गोलोक
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goloka
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/goloka/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Krishna's Celestial Abode (4 definitions)
- 1. A part of heaven called the cow-world. 2. Krishna's heaven in later mythology.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 366,3] गो (go) — लोक (—loka) a m. ( n., Tantr. ), ‘cow-world’, a part of heaven, or (in later mythol., Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 118 and 291 ) Kṛṣṇa's heaven, Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 3195 ( cf. 3347 ); Harivaṃśa (Title) 3994 ( cf. 3899 ); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) ii; BrahmaP. [ ID=67521 ]
- The heaven of Krishna  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गो (go) लोक (loka) (goloka) [Printed book page 301 ] गो (go) लोक (loka) (goloka) n. ( - कं (-kaṃ) ) The heaven of KṚṢṆA. E. गो (go) a cow, and लोक (loka) world. [ ID=14079 ]
- Krishnas heaven  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गोलोक (goloka) [Printed book page 263-a ] गो - लोक (go-loka) ( कं ) ((kaṃ)) 1. n. Krishnu's heaven. [ ID=13534 ]
- The heaven of Krishna  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गो (go) लोक (loka) (goloka) [Printed book page 248-a ] गो (go) लोक (loka) (goloka) n. ( - कं (-kaṃ) ) The heaven of KṚṢṆA. E. गो (go) a cow, and लोक (loka) world. [ ID=14070 ]

### Divine World of Cows / Kine (2 definitions)
- the world of kine  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > गोलोक (goloka) [Printed book page 311-2 ] Goloka (“the world of kine”). [§ 615 ff (Asita Devala): IX, 50, 2894 ( gavāṃ lokaṃ ).]—§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 343, 13298 ( sanātanaṃ ); 348 θθ, 13502 (the upper lip of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 72 [3545 ( gavāṃ lokaṃ )], 3547 ( °vāsināṃ ); [ 73, †3566 ( lokaṃ gavāṃ ), †3568 ( gavāṃ lokaṃ )]; 83, [3891 ( gavāṃ loke )], 3915, 3922.—§ 752 (do.): XIII, 96, 4649.—[§ 757 m (Hastikūṭa)]: Gautama said: Next [to Prājāpatyā(ḥ) lokāḥ ] blaze eternal redolent regions, free from passion and sorrow, the world of kine, difficult to attain. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: He who possessing 1,000 kine gives away 100 every year, etc., the brahmans who grow old practising brahmacarya, who obey the declarations of the Vedas ( brāhmīṃ vācaṃ ), and, endued with intelligence, betake themselves to tīrthayātrās, dwell here in felicity; likewise those who repair to Prabhāsa, etc. (α): XIII, 102, 4884 ( gavāṃ loke ).—[§ 758 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 105, 4910 ( gavāṃ lokaṃ ).] [ ID=4193 ]
- the residence of Surabhi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > गोलोक (goloka) [Printed book page 1-553 ] Goloka — the residence of Surabhi; 1 bathers in Soma tīrtham and givers of presents of a cow with calf go to this region. 2 Page1-554+ 39 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. X. 27. 1; Br. III. 32. 40; 41. 55; 42. 19; 43. 29; IV. 1. 156; Vā. 100. 159; 104. 53-55.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 191. 99; 205. 8.] [ ID=4370 ]

### Lexicographical Reference (1 definition)
- See the entry for go.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 368,3] गो (go)- लोक (go-loka) b - लोमन् (-loman), &c. See गो (go), p. 366. [ ID=68043 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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