Gopi

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gopi lit. ‘female maintainer of cows’; a cowherd girl or woman; an inhabitant of Vrndavan and associate of Krsna in His eternal abode and Pastimes. Gopis serve Krsna as affectionate guardians (in vatsalya-rasa) or paramours (in parakiya-madhura-rasa). They are the greatest devotees of Lord Krsna and the bodily expansions of Srimati Radharani.

— books Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya / Glossary