In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika it is said that Kala Krsnadasa was formerly a gopa of the name Lavanga: Difference between revisions
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Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa was the ninth cowherd boy.
CC Adi 11.37, Translation and Purport: The twenty-second devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was the ninth cowherd boy. He was a first-class Vaiṣṇava and did not know anything beyond Nityānanda Prabhu.
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (132) it is said that Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was also known as Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa, was formerly a gopa (cowherd boy) of the name Lavaṅga. He was one of the twelve cowherd boys.