{"id":62106,"date":"2025-01-18T02:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=62106"},"modified":"2025-01-18T00:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:14:42","slug":"the-gopis-and-their-yuthas-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-gopis-and-their-yuthas-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gopis and Their Yuthas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ashta Sakhis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A large group consisting of two kinds of close associates is called a yutha. A yutha is divided into three groups:<\/span><\/p>\n

same age sakhis (vayasyas),<\/span><\/p>\n

maidservants (dasis) and<\/span><\/p>\n

messengers (dutis).<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who know the eternal fundamental principles of rasa-tattva[1]<\/a> have further divided the yutha into various sections:<\/span><\/p>\n

kulas, which are further divided into mandalas;<\/span><\/p>\n

mandalas, which are divided into vargas;<\/span><\/p>\n

vargas into ganas;<\/span><\/p>\n

ganas into samavayas;<\/span><\/p>\n

samavayas into sancayas;<\/span><\/p>\n

sancayas into samajas, and<\/span><\/p>\n

samajas, which are further divided into samanvayas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Group of same age Sakhis<\/span><\/h3>\n

First of all, there is a description of the sakhis\u2019 group, which is, according to the gradation of divine love (prema), divided into samaja, mandala and gana.<\/span><\/p>\n

Description of samaja<\/span><\/h3>\n

The group of the most beloved sakhis is called a samaja. This samaja consists of two parts \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

the most exalted (varistha) and<\/span><\/p>\n

the exalted (vara).<\/span><\/p>\n

a. The most exalted<\/span><\/h3>\n

The varistha sakhis are most renowned among the gopis and are always skilfully assisting Sri Radha and Sri Krishna in Their intimate pastimes. No one can equal them or exceed them in their love for the Divine Couple.<\/span><\/p>\n

These most exalted gopis are highly venerated by all the affectionate sakhis under their guidance. They are embellished by such charms as boundless good qualities and beauty.<\/span><\/p>\n

The eight most exalted sakhis are Lalita, Visakha, Citra, Campakalata, Tungavidya, Indulekha, Rangadevi and Sudevi.<\/span><\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Transcendental mellows<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a section of the book \u201cSri Sri Radha Krishna Ganoddesa Dipika\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

To buy the complete book,<\/span>\u00a0click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A large group consisting of two kinds of close associates is called a yutha. A yutha is divided into three groups: same age sakhis (vayasyas), maidservants (dasis) and messengers (dutis). Those who know the eternal fundamental … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":62107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,189],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-62106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-kadacha-eng","tag-radha-krishna-ganoddesa-dipika-eng"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 04:43:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}