Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s3.24

c10.s3.24

¹ Apart from actual practice, this is made clear by the important role played by Rādhā's Sakhīs in the detailed amplification of the legend in the poetical works of Rūpa, Raghunātha, Jīva and Kṛṣṇadāsa, as well as by elaboration of the dogma in the hagiology of the sect to the effect that the great Vaiṣṇava devotees are incarnations of various Sakhīs of the Vṛndāvana-līlā.