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15. GITA
Having started with the rasleela with gopis of vrindavan, it was taken up by the sex tantric cult which took Krishna cult to another level. Radah probably was an interpolation of the Tantric cult.
The Padma Purana describes 18,000 cowherd-girls (gopis) among whom it says 108 are the most important. Among those 108, eight are considered more important still, and among the eight, two have a special position - Chandravali and Radharani. Of the two, Radha is considered the foremost.
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Tantra is probably a Gnostic introduction to India as a science even though it existed in all societies. Gnostic Christianity talks about the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene as it became popular these days through the Da Vinci Code. The Mandaean texts speak of Manichean sexual mysteries: "Then I explained to you, my disciples, that there is yet another Gate (sect) that derives from Msiha (Messiah). They are called "Zandiqi" (saints )and 'Mar dMani" (of Lord Mani). They sow
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