kishor

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According to Srila Prabhupada "kisora" means "a boy, 11 to 15 years old".

He writes for example in the nectar of devotion:

 

Krsna's age is considered in three periods: from His appearance day to the

end of His fifth year is called kaumara, from the beginning of the sixth

year up to the end of the tenth year is called pauganda, and from the

eleventh to the end of the fifteenth year is called kaisora. After the

beginning of the sixteenth year, Krsna is called a yauvana, or a youth, and

this continues with no change.

As far as Krsna's transcendental pastimes are concerned, they are mostly

executed during the kaumara, pauganda and kaisora periods. His affectionate

pastimes with His parents are executed during His kaumara age. His

friendship with the cowherd boys is exhibited during the pauganda period.

And His friendship with the gopis is exhibited during the age of kaisora.

Krsna's pastimes at Vrndavana are finished by the end of His fifteenth year,

and then He is transferred to Mathura and Dvaraka, where all other pastimes

are performed.