Some quotes about sakhī-bhāva
Since this blog is really a personal notebook, I thought I would copy some quotes that I found in the Hindi book, Kåñëa bhakti kāvya meà sakhī bhāva by Sharan Bihari Goswami (1966). In the introduction, he quotes three early European scholars opinions of sakhī bhāva . It is hard, out of context, to know what else these scholars said, or if they had any further information about those who practised devotion in the mood of the gopis, as it seems that the term sakhī bhāva is being confused with what we know as sakhī bhekhī . The author appears to think that the Haridāsī sect of Vrindavan, the principal subject of his book, is specifically being discussed. This might just be a confusion of names, as the Haridāsīs are known as the Sakhībhāvas. In A Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus (1862, page 177), Prof. H. H. Wilson wrote: Sakhī-bhāvas . This sect is another ramification of those which adopt Radha and Krishan for the objects of their worship and may be regarded as more pa...