Etymology

Goloka

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Today it means: The celestial abode of the Hindu god Krishna and his chief consort goddess Radha. Full definition →

Sanskrit गोलोक
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromगोलोक
  2. English todayGoloka

Borrowed from Sanskrit गोलोक (goloka, literally “cow’s world”), from a compound of गो (go, “cow”) + लोक (loka, “world, realm”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.