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3. An anonymous verse given in Jayavallabha's Vajjālagga (possibly about
the 10th cent. A. D.). 3. Raghavan, ibid., p.890 : gartranfq qaragat fanfarT TIET, 1 q1f6771
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(= Sțngāraprakāśa, text, p. 491, 11. 4-5). 4. These are the earliest known verses referring to Višākhā, who is known
in the Krşņa-carita tradition as one of the gopis, which are mentioned as Krsna's favourites and Rādhās friends and rivals. The Pātāla-khanda of the Padma-purāna (ch. 70, vv. 4-7) gives the following list (which includes Dhanyā) of the light main beloveds of Kršņa : Rādhikā, Lalitā, Syāmalā, Dhanyā, Haripriyā Višākhā, Podmā and Candrāvati
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