I have frequently seen it practised by the cowherds on the Koosee derahs, i.e. the flat swampy jungles on the banks of the Koosee.

All cowherds are popularly supposed to be cattle lifters, and a putwarrie after he has got over the stage of infancy, and has been indoctrinated into all the knavery that his elders can teach him, is supposed to belong to the highest category of villains.

Then kill him; but kill gwars or cowherds any time, for they are invariably rascals.

And the king also placed plentiful cattle and stout cowherds, and gave the latter the following order: "'"When the great saint Vibhandaka should enquire of you about his son, ye must join your palms and say to him that these cattle, and these ploughed fields belong to his son and that ye are his slaves, and that ye are ready to obey him in all that he might bid."

And on the way he was fatigued and hungry, when he reached those same settlements of cowherds, rich with cattle.

And he was honoured in a suitable way by those cowherds and then spent the night in a manner befitting a king.

And having received very great hospitality from them, he asked them, saying, "To whom, O cowherds, do ye belong?"

(Sur Das) ii With Krishna in their midst the cowherds come to their homes.

In these illustrations, it is Krishna the prince who is chiefly shown, all the pictures illustrating his career after he has left the cowherds.

He would be painted strolling with the cowherds, playing on his flute, or bringing the cattle home at evening.

In every scene, cowherds appear engaged in different tasks, yet throughout there is a sense of oneness with Krishna himself.

It is rather that in painting these pictures, he has treated Krishna as a symbol of rural vitality, a figure whose boisterous career among the cowherds is an exact reflection of his own attitudes and enthusiasms.

The cowherds, led by the bearded Nanda, Krishna's foster-father, have hurried to the scene and Balarama, Krishna's half-brother, is excitedly pointing out that Krishna is safe.

Led by Nanda, the majestic figure in the front bullock-cart, the cowherds are moving a day's march across the River Jumna to enjoy the larger freedom of Brindaban.

With its great variety of stances, simple naturalism and air of innocent calm, the picture exactly expresses the terms of tender familiarity on which the cowherds lived with Krishna.

During his life among the cowherds, Krishna was on two occasions confronted with a forest firethe first, on the night following his struggle with Kaliya the snake when Nanda, Yasoda and other cowherds and cowgirls were also present and the second, following Balarama's encounter with the demon Pralamba (Plate 10), when only cowherd boys were with him.

During his life among the cowherds, Krishna was on two occasions confronted with a forest firethe first, on the night following his struggle with Kaliya the snake when Nanda, Yasoda and other cowherds and cowgirls were also present and the second, following Balarama's encounter with the demon Pralamba (Plate 10), when only cowherd boys were with him.

Krishna is lifting Mount Govardhana on his little finger and Nanda, the cowherds and cowgirls are sheltering underneath.

The occasion is Krishna's slight to Indra, king of the gods and lord of the clouds, whose worship he has persuaded the cowherds to abandon.

Below all is calm as the cowherds acclaim Krishna's power.

Invited by Kansa, the tyrant king, to attend a festival of arms, Nanda and the cowherds have arrived at Mathura and pitched their tents outside the walls.

London Compared with Krishna's life among the cowherds, his adventures as a prince were only scantily illustrated in Indian paintinghis consort Rukmini being totally eclipsed in courtly favour by the adored cowgirl, Radha.

Although an episode in Krishna's later career as a prince and one designed to buttress the priestly caste of Brahmans, the storywith its emphasis on loving devotionis actually in close accord with Krishna's life among the cowherds.

Caught by a gale of wind and rain, the lovers are hurrying to shelter, Krishna carrying a leaf umbrella while cows and cowherds bend before the storm.

The cowherds at once ran off and told the owner of the lost goat.