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Radha-Krishna & Friends Name Other Mother’ Father’s Brother’s Sister’s Husband’s Age Direction Temperament Bodily Color Dress Group Service Bower Favorite Favorite Assisting Manjari Name in Bodily Dress Service Age Name in Name in Mother’s Father’s Brother’s Country Names s Name Name Name Name Name Color Color Tune Instrument Manjaris Gaur Lila Color Color Vrindaban Lila Dwarka Name Name Name Lila Krishna Yashoda Nanda 15.9.7 Indranilmani Yellow Radha Gandarva Kirtida Brishabhanu Sridam Ananga Abhimanyu (H) 14.2.15 Molten Gold Blue clouds Radha Satyabhama Satrajit Gandharvika Manjari Vrika (FIL) Gopal Champu, Uttar Gandharvi Jatila (MIL) 17.190 Kutila (SIL) Lalita Anuradha Saradi Vishoka Bhairava 14.3.12 N Straight forward Gorochana Peacock Ratna Prabha Offering Lightning Bhairava- Vina Rupa Rupa Rupa Gorochan Peacock Tambul 13.6.0 Lalita Jambavati Jambavan (Swarup and bold Bright feather Rati Kala tambul kalingada Ananga Goswami feather Damodar) Yellowish Subhadra Labanga Yellow Ochre Bhadra Rekhika Sumukhi Dhanistha Kala Hamsi Kala Pini Vishakha Dakshina Pavana Bahika 14.2.15 NE Lightning Star Madhavi Offering Cloudy Saranga Mridanga Madhumati Rati Raghunath Lightning Star Pada seva 13.2.0 Vishakha Kalindi Surya (Ramananda (Taravali) Malati camphor, Rasa (Bhanumati or Das Goswami Roy) Chandra-rekhika etc. Guna Rasa) Kunjari Hrini Chapala Surabhi Shubhanana Champakalata Champaka- Vatika Aram Chandaksha 14.2.14 S Champa Blue Kurangakshi Chamar Molten Sarangi Palika Guna Gopal Bhatt Lightning Red Water 13.1.27 Bhadravali Bhadra Srutakirti Dhrishtaketu Kekaya or (Sivananda vallika (Yellow flower) Sucharita gold Vilasa (Ananga) Goswami (like (Chandravali’s sakhi (Lakshmana) (Sister of Kashmir Sen) Mandali Keli Java Vasudev) Manikundala flower) Chandaika Chandra-tilaka Pankajakshi Sumandira Chitra Sucitra Cachika Catura Pithara 14.1.19 E Saffron Like glass Rasalika Clothings Yellow Sankata Sitar Vimala Lavanga Sanatan Lightning Star Garlands 13.6.1 Shaivya Shaivya Rajadhidevi Jayasena Vinda Ujjain (Govinda- Tilakini Rati (Rati) Goswami (Chandravali’s sakhi) (Mitravinda) (Vasudev’s Anuvinda (Avanti) nanda) Shauraseni Bhadra sister) Sugandhika Ramila (Ramini) Kamanagari Nagari Nagvenika Tungavidya Medha Pushkar Kokila Balish 14.2.20 W Daksina Saffron & White Manjumedha Various Reddish Dhanya Vilasa Jiva Goswami White Black Corylium 13.0.26 Padma Nagnajiti Nagnajit Ayodhya (Vakreswar Prakara camphor Sumadhura types of dawn Ashoka ketaki bee & (Chandravali’s sakhi) (Satya) (Koshala) Pandit) Sumadhya musical (aruna) Manjulali flower vermilion (Kaushalya) Madhurekshana instru- Gunachuda ments Varangada Indulekha Vela Sagar Ujjval Durbal 14.2.12 SE Straight forward Greenish Red like Tungabhadra Dancing White Vihaga Cymbals Shyamala Rasa Raghunath Yellow White Painting 13.0.0 Shyama Lakshmana Brihatsena Madra (Vasu and bold yellow pomegra- Rasottunga (manjira) Lila (Raga) Bhatt (champak pictures (Madri) Ramananda) nate flower Rangavati Vilasa Goswami flower) Sumangala Chitrarekha Vichitangi Modani Madanalasa Rangadevi Karuna Rangasar Sudevi Vakrekshan 14.2.8 SW Kamal Red (like Kalakanthi Applying Shyam Mangala Manjulali Lokanath Molten Red Offering 13.6.7 (Govinda (twin) Kesar java Shashikala red lac (black) Kunda (Lila) Goswami gold (like clothes Gosh) flower) Kamala dye to Madana (Maha- kimshu- Madhura the feet prabhu’s ka Indira mother’s flower) Kandarpasundari sister’s son) Kamalatika Prema Manjari Sudevi Sudevika Karuna Rangasar Ranga- Vakrekshan’s 14.2.8 NW Kamal Like new Kaveri Offering Green Taraka Kasturi Krishna Das Golden Glass Applying 13.0.0 (Vasudev devi younger brother Kesar sprouted Charukavara water Kaviraj sandal Ghosh) (twin) leaf Sukeshi paste (pravala) Manjukeshika Harahira Mhahira Harakanthi Monohara Chandravali Somabha Chandra- Govardhan Chandravali Rukmini Bhishmaka Rukmi Vidarbha bhanu Bharunda (mil) Rukmaratha (Berara) Rukmarbahu Rukmakesh Rukmamali Paurnamasi Chandra- Suratadev Deva- Prabal White Saffron (Disciple of kala prashtha Sandilpani (s) (White hair Narada) also) Nandimukhi Sumukhi Sandipani Madhu Kaisore White Silken Mangal.
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