Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Brahma-vaivarta Purana
Canto four, chapter seventeen, texts 217-220
tasya namantaram vrnda tad idam ca tapo-vanam
tena vrndavanam nama pravadanti manisinah
Another name of Tulasi is Vrinda. For this reason, the wise say that Vrindavan is named after Tulasi because she performed austerities there.
athava te pravaksyami param hetv-antaram srnu
yena vrndavanam nama punya-ksetrasya bharate
Please listen and I will tell you still another reason this holy place on the earth is named Vrindavan.
radha-sodasa-namnam ca vrnda-nama srutau srutam
tasyah krida-vanam ramyam tena vrndavanam smrtam
Of the sixteen names of Radha given in the Vedas, Vrinda is one. Because Radha enjoyed pastimes in the beautiful Vrindavan forest, it is named after her.
goloke pritaye tasyah krsnena nirmitam pura
kridartham bhuvi tan namna vanam vrndavanam smrtam
To please Radha, Lord Krishna manifested Vrindavan forest in the spiritual world of Goloka. When Vrindavan was brought to earth for Radharani pastimes, it was named after her.
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