The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (869 page)
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Gopastami
(cow festival)
:
(cow festival)
:
Gop
(Skt., ‘keeper of cows’). The women cowherds at
V
nd
vana
, who are involved with
K
a
in the love-affairs of his youth. They come to symbolize, both the soul's devotion (
bhakti
) to God, and also the legitimacy of flouting convention in the service of God.
V
ndvana, who are involved with
K
ain the love-affairs of his youth. They come to symbolize, both the soul's devotion (
bhakti
) to God, and also the legitimacy of flouting convention in the service of God.
Gorakhn
th, Gorak
a
,
or Gorak
an
tha
.
th, Goraka,
or Gorak
antha.
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