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The associates of Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitai are the same spiritual identities in the eternal pastimes of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura describes the full glories of the associates of Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaur Nitai in his book Prarthana in the song "Savarana Sri Gaura Mahima" (The Glories of Sri Gauranga): gaurangera sangi-gane, nitya-siddha kari mane, se yaya vrajendra-suta pasa sri-gauda-mandala-bhumi, yeba jane cintamani tara haya vraja-bhume vasa One who accepts the associates of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu as nitya-siddhas is certain to be elevated to the spiritual kingdom to become an associate of the Supreme Lord. One should also know that Gauda-mandala-bhumithose places in Bengal where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayedare equal to Vrajabhumi, or Vrndavana. There is no difference between the inhabitants of Vrndavana and those of Gauda-mandala-bhumi, or Sridhama Mayapur Srila Prabhupada says: All the associates of Caitanya Mahaprabhu are nitya-siddhas, or eternally perfect. Nityananda Prabhu is Balarama, the immediate expansion of Krishna; Advaita Prabhu is Maha-Vishnu (He is also vishnu-tattva); Gadadhara Prabhu is an expansion of Radharani; and Srivasa is an incarnation of Narada. They are nitya-siddha, or eternally perfect. They were never imperfect. They were never in contact with material contamination. We should understand that as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krishna Himself, is transcendental, similarly His personal associates are also nitya-siddha, or eternally transcendental. Se jay brajendra-suta-pas. Brajendra-suta means Krishna. Simply by accepting that the associates of Lord Caitanya are eternally free, one can immediately be promoted to the transcendental abode of Lord Krishna. It will help us develop strong faith in the perfect associates of Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitai if we understand their actual spiritual identities in the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha Krishna. For this reason the greatest of all poets Sri Kavi Karnapura wrote the great classic book Gaura Gannodesha Dipika. This book illuminates to the world the divine spiritual identities of the associates of Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaur Nitai in the pastimes of Sri Sri Radha Krishna. As stated by Sri Kavi Karnapura himself it is the most difficult task in the whole creation to understand the spiritual identities of Gaurangas associates. Perfectness in all cases is very difficult often due to the transcendental nature and characteristics of pure devotees. Also in some cases many great associates desire to incarnate in one body so it makes it even more difficult to compile such a list.

Asta Mahanta The Eight Primary Mahantas

The Pancha Tattva stand on a six-sided jeweled simhasana in the center of the Yogapitha at Shridhama Mayapura, Navadvipa. Eight Mahantas surround Them like petals of a lotus flower. The eight Mahantas surrounding the Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga in the Navadvipa Yogapitha each with 8 assitants are similarly situated like the 64 principal Gopies surrounding Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha and Krishna in the Vrindavana Yogapitha:

Asta Goswami The eight Goswamis

The eight famous goswamis of Vrindavan are: Rupa Goswami Sanatana Goswami Raghunatha Das Goswami Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami Gopala Bhatta Goswami Jiva Goswami Lokanatha Goswami Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami

Dvadasa Gopala The Twelve Cowherd boys

The cowherd boys in Krishna's lila appeared in Gaura Lila as:

Abhirama Thakur Dhananjaya Pandit Gauridas Pandit Kalakrishna Das Kamalakara Piplai Kholaveca Sridhara Mahesh Pandit Nagar Purushottama Paramesvari Das Purushottama Das Sundarananda Thakur Uddharana Datta

Asta Sakhis - The Eight Principal Gopies

The eight principal gopis in Krishna's lila appeared in Gaura Lila as: Ramananda Raya Vishakha Svarupa Damodara Goswami Lalita Vanamali Kaviraja Chitra Raghava Goswami Champakalata Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura Tungavidya Krishna Dasa Brahmachari Indulekha Gadadhara Bhatta Rangadevi Ananta Acharya Goswami Sudevi.

Gauranga associates in Krishna's lila

Names of associates in Gaura Lila 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Sri Nityananda Prabhu Sri Advaita Acharya Sri Gadadhara Pandita Shrivasa Pandita (leader of devotees) Sri Vishvarupa (brother of Gauranga) Sri Navadvipa Dhama Sitadevi (wife of Sri Advaita) Shachi Mata Jagannatha Mishra Pundarika Vidyanidhi Padmavati (mother of Nityananda) Hadai Pandita (father of Nityananda) Lakshmipriya (first wife of Gauranga) Vishnupriya (second wife of Gauranga) Jagadananda Pandita Jahnava (First wife of Nityananda) Vasudha (Second wife of Nityananda) Virachandra (son of Nityananda) Raghunandana Thakura Vakreshvara Pandita Gopinatha Acharya Murari Gupta Names of the same associates in Krishna Lila Sri Radha + Sri Vrindavana Krishna (Vraja Krishna includes Sri Dvaraka Krishna + Sri Vasudeva Krishna + All Incarnations of God) Sri Haladhara Balarama + Mula Sankarshana + All 3 Purusha Incarnations + Ananta Sesha Sri Sadashiva + Sri Mahavishnu Sri Radha (Pleasure Potency) + Lalita + Hari Narada Muni (Guru of great devotees) Sankarshana Vrindavana + Goloka + Svetadvipa + Vaikuntha Yogamaya + Katyayani Yashoda + Devaki + Kaushalya + Aditi + Prishni Nanda + Vasudeva + Dasharatha+ Kashyapa + Sutapa Vrishabhanu (father of Sri Radha) Rohini (mother of Balarama) + Sumitra Vasudeva (father of Balarama) + Dasharatha Rukmini (Krishnas Principal queen in Dvaraka) + Sita (Ramas consort) +Mahalakshmi (Vaikuntha) Bhu-Shakti (1 of the 3 Lakshmis) Satyabhama (Second principal queen in Dvaraka) Revati (First wife of Balarama) + Ananga Manjari Varuni (2nd wife of Balarama) + Ananga Manjari Kshirodakashayi Vishnu (Paramatma) Pradyumna (Chaturvyuha) + Kandarpa Manjari Aniruddha (Chaturvyuha, Krishnas grandson) Brahma (the creator of the universe) Hanuman (great devotee of Sri Rama)

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Govindananda Ramachandra Puri Haridasa Thakura Nilambara Chakravarti Vrindavana Dasa Thakura Bhikshuka Vanamali Paramananda Puri Gopinatha Simha Keshava Bharati (Sannyasa Guru of Gauranga) King Prataparudra Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya Kashinatha, Lokanatha, Shrinatha & Ramanatha (4 Nathas) Bhaskara Thakura Jagannatha & Madhava (Jagai and Madhai) Chaitanya Dasa Rama Dasa Garuda Pandita Ramadasa Abhirama Thakura Sundarananda Thakura Dhananjaya Pandita Gauridasa Pandita Kamalakara Pippalai Uddharana Datta Mahesha Pandita Purushottama Dasa Nagara Purushottama Kaliya Krishna Dasa Shridhara Kholavecha Mukunda Dutta Vasudeva Datta Vanamali Pandita Kumudananda Pandita Halayudha Thakura Parameshvara Dasa Rudra Pandita Ramai Nandai Sadashiva Kaviraja Ramananda Raya Svarupa Damodara Goswami Vanamali Kaviraja Raghava Goswami Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura Krishna Dasa Brahmachari Gadadhara Bhatta Ananta Acharya Goswami

Sugriva (King of the monkeys in Rama lila) Jatila (mother-in-law of Radha) + Vibhishana Brahma + Prahlada + Mahatpah (son of Richika) Garga Muni (Name giving ceremony of Krishna) Veda Vyasa + Kusumapida sakha Sudama Vipra (childhood friend of Krishna) Uddhava (dearmost servant in Dvaraka) Akrura (paternal uncle of Krishna) Sandipani Muni (Guru of Krishna and Balarama) King Indradyumna (Puri) + King Indra Brihaspati (Indras Guru) The four Sanata Kumaras: Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana & Sanata Vishvakarma (architect of demigods) Jaya & Vijaya (Vaikuntha door keepers) Daksha (Krishnas parrot) Vichakshana ( Krishnas parrot) Garuda (carrier of Sri Vishnu) Shridama (elder brother of Sri Radha) Sudama (cowherd boy in Vrindavana) Vasudama Subala Mahabala Subahu Mahabahu Stoka Krishna Dama Lavanga Kusumasava Madhukantha Madhuvrata + Prahlada Maladhara Gandharva Prabala Arjuna (cowherd friend in Vrindavan) Varunthapa Payoda Varida Chandravali Lalita + Arjuniya Gopi +Arjuna Gopasakha + Arjuna Pandava Vishakha (among Eight principal Sakhis) Chitra (among Eight Sakhis) Champakalata (among Eight Sakhis) Tungavidya (among Eight Sakhis) Indulekha (among Eight Sakhis) Rangadevi (among Eight Sakhis) Sudevi (among Eight Sakhis)

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Raghava Pandita Saranga Thakura Mukunda Dasa Kashishvara Goswami Krishna Dasa Shankara Pandita Damodara Pandita Krishnananda Govinda Ghosh Narayana Vachaspati Pitambara Makaradhvaja Madhavacharya Kavi Chandra Vasu Ramananda Satyaraja Sena Shrikanta Sena Shivananda Sena (Gauranga Mantracharya) Shivananda Senas wife Narahari Sarkara Gopinatha Acharya Vamshidasa Goswami Rupa Goswami Sanatana Goswami Shivananda Chakravarti Gopala Bhatta Goswami Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami Raghunatha Dasa Goswami Jiva Goswami Narayani (mother of Vrindavana dasa)

Dhanistha (feeds and serves Krishna) Nandimukhi Vrindadevi Shashirekha gopi Ratnarekha Bhadra Saibya Gopi + Goddess Sarasvati Kalavati Kalavati Sauraseni Kaveri Sukeshi Madhavi Manoharaa Kalakanthi Sukanthi Katyayanidevi Gopi Vira Gopi + Duti Gopi (messengers of Gopies) Bindumati Madhumati Ratnavali Gopi Vamshi (Krishnas flute) Rupa Manjari Rati Manjari + Lavanga Manjari + Sanatana Kumara (1 of the 4 Sanata Kumaras) Lavanga Manjari Ananga Manjari + Guna Manjari Raga Manjari Rasa Manjari + Rati Manjari + Bhanumati Vilasa Manjari Kilimbika (sister of Ambika) Prema Manjari + Bhadra Rekhika Lila Manjari Rasollasa (sings songs by Vishakha) Gunatunga (sings songs by Vishakha) Rangalekha Kalakeli Mallidevi (daughter of Pulinda) A wife of one of the sacrificial brahmanas. The wives fed Krishna when their husbands refused. Two other wives of the sacrificial brahmanas Sairindri (Kubja) Malati Chandralatika Manjumedha Varangada

100 Bhugarbha Goswami 101 Lokanatha Goswami 102 Madhavananda 103 Vasudeva Ghosh 104 Shikhi Mahiti 105 Madhavi (Shikhi Mahitis sister) 106 Kalidasa 107 Shuklambara Brahmachari 108 Jagadisha & Hiranya 109 Kashi Mishra 110 Shubhananda Dvija 111 Shridhara Brahmachari 112 Paramananda Gupta 113 Raghunatha

114 Kamsari Sena 115 Jagannatha Sena 116 Subuddhi Mishra Raya 117 Shriharsha 118 Raghu Mishra 119 Jitamitra Shrimad Bhagavatacharya (author of Krishna Prema 120 Tarangini) 121 Vaninatha Dvija 122 Ishana Acharya (servant of Shachi) 123 Kamalakara 124 Laksminatha Pandita 125 Dvija Jagannatha 126 Chiranjiva 127 Ananta Kanthabharana 128 Hastigopala 129 Nayana Mishra 130 Kavi Datta 131 Sulochana 132 Krishnadeva 133 Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami 134 Govinda Acharya 135 Madhavendra Puri 136 Madhu Pandita Goswami 137 Madhvacharya 138 Bhavananda Raya 139 Chandrashekara Acharya 140 Narottama Dasa Thakura 141 Shrinivasa Acharya Thakura 142 Ramachandra Kaviraja 143 Ananta Acharya 144 Gadadhara Dasa 145 Jagadisha Pandita 146 Ramananda, Gopinatha, Vaninatha, Kalanidhi, Sudhanidhi (The Five Sons of Bhavananda Raya)

Ratnavali Kamala Gunachuda + Shubhanana Sukeshini Karpura Manjari Shyama Manjari Shveta Manjari Kamalekha Mauna Manjari Gandhonmada Rasonmada Chandrika Chandrika Gopali Harini Nitya Manjari Kalakanthi Kurangakshi Chandrashekhara Kasturi Manjari Paurnamasi Yoga Pitha Kalpavriksh (Desire tree) Mandali Sakhi Madhvi Gopi Pandu (father of the 5 pandavas) Soma Deva (Moon God) Chamaka Manjari Mani Manjari Karna Manjari Ramanujacharya Chandrakanti gopi (radiance of Radha) + Purananda gopi (of Balarama) Chandrahasa (expert dancer) + One of the wives of Kaliya The Five Pandavas (Arjuna, Yudhistira, Bhima, Sahadeva and Nakula) Satrajit (Satyabhamas father) Parjanya (Krishnas grandfather) Bhaguri Muni (chief priest of Nanda) Durvasa Muni Shukadeva (narrator of Bhagavatam) Ambika (nurse of Krishna) King Bhishmaka + King Janaka Angada (from Rama lila) Variyasi (Krishnas paternal grandmother) Vishvamitra + Rukminis Messenger Kulaka Brahmana (Satyabhamas marriage)

147 Sanatana Mishra 148 Upendra Mishra (Gaurangas grandfather) 149 Devananda Pandita 160 Ganga Dasa Pandita 151 Vallabha Bhatta 152 Malini (wife of Shrivasa Thakura) 153 Vallabhacharya (father of Lakshmipriya) 154 Purandara 155 Kamalavatidevi 156 Vanmali Acharya 157 Kashinatha

158 Madhava Mishra 159 Ratnavali (wife of Pundarika Vidyanidhi) 160 Suryadasa Sarkhela (father of Jahnava) 161 Gangadevi (daugther of Nityananda) 162 Madhava (Gangadevis husband) 163 Shrirama Pandita (brother of Shrivasa) 164 Kuvera (father of Advaita Acharya) 165 Achyutananda (son of Advaita Acharya) 166 Krishna Mishra (son of Advaita Acharya) 167 Gopala (son of Advaita Acharya) 168 Nakula Brahmachari 169 Pradyumna Mishra 170 Bhagavana Acharya Khanji

Vrishbhanu (father of Radha) Kirtida (mother of Radha) King Kakudmi (father of Revati) River Ganges Shantanu Parvata Muni (friend of Narada Muni) King Kuvera (Guhyaka King) Achyuta gopi + Kartikeya Kartikeya Ganesha Shaktyavesha incarnation of Gauranga Shaktyavesha incarnation of Gauranga Shaktyavesha incarnation of Gauranga

Nrsimhananda Tirtha, Satyananda Bharati, Nrsimha Tirtha, 171 Cidananda Tirtha, Jagannatha Tirtha, Vasudeva Tirtha, Rama Nine Jayanteyas who spoke the Bhagavata Samhita to King Janaka Tirtha, Purusottama Tirtha, and Garuda Avadhuta 172 Ananta, Sukhananda, Govinda, Raghunatha, Krsnananda, Kesava, Damodara, and Raghava Eight Mystic Powers (Siddhis): Anima, Mahima, Laghima, Prapti, Ishitva, Vashitva, Prakamya, Kamavayasita

Srinidhi, Srigarbha, Kaviratna, Sudhanidhi, Vidyanidhi, 173 Gunanidhi, Ratnabahu, Acaryaratna, and Ratnakara Pandita Kuveras Nine Jewels including his conch, jewels etc. (Nine sons of Nidhiratna devi) 174 Sachidevis father 175 Sachidevis mother 176 Uddhava dasa 177 Visveshvara Acharya 178 Bhaskara Thakura 179 Govinda 180 Garuda 181 Govinda (servant of Gauranga) 182 Haridasa 183 Brhacchisu 184 Makaradhvajakara 185 Shankara Ghosh (mridanga player) 186 Vanamala Pandita 187 Dhruvananda Brahmachari 188 Jagannatha 189 Gopala 190 Kashishvara (servant of Gauranga) 191 Damayanti (Raghava Pandits sister) 192 Narayana Vachaspati 193 Jiva Pandita 194 Vidya Vachaspati 195 Balabhadra Bhattacharya 196 Shrinatha Mishra 197 Visvanatha Chakravarti 198 Baladeva Vidyabhusana 199 Jagannatha Dasa Babaji 200 Bhaktivinoda Thakura Sumukha (father of Yashoda) Pataladevi (mother of Yashoda) Moon God Somadevas expansion Sun God Vivasvan Vishvakarma (architect of demigods) Pundarikaksha (from Vaikuntha) Kumuda (from Vaikuntha) Bhangura (servant of Krishna) Raktaka (servant of Krishna) Patraka (servant of Krishna) Candramukha (dancer in Vraja) Sudhakara (mridanga player in Vraja) Maladhara (carrier of venu & murali) Lalita Sakhi Taraka gopi Pali gopi Bringara Sakha (servant of Krishna) Gunamala Devi Gauraseni Gopi Indira Tungavidya Madhurekshana Chitrangi Vinoda Manjari Ratnavali Devi (Gopinatha Acharya) Rasika Manjari Kamala Manjari

201 Gaurakishore Dasa Babaji 202 Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

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