Ashta Sakhi in Gaura Lila

These personalities are central to understanding the 

1. internal, 
2. emotional, and 
3. confidential, or anrta, aspects of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes, 

often acting as confidential 

1. advisors and 
2. partners in devotional emotional exchanges (rasa). 

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