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Gopāla

[ goh-pah-luh ]

noun

, Hinduism.
  1. Krishna as a cowherd.


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The sect worship Krishna in his character of Bāla Gopāla or the cowherd boy.

Goāla, a cowherd, from Gopāla,2 a protector of cows, is the Bengali name for the caste, and Gaoli, with the same signification, is now used in the Central Provinces to signify a dairyman as opposed to a grazier.

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