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worship of this goddess in conjunction with KRISHNA, does not appear, and perhaps there is little other difference than that of their acknowledging separate teachers. Instead of adhering to any of the hereditary Gosains, the members of this sect consider a teacher named HARI VANS as their founder. This person settled at Brindavan, and established a Math there, which in 1822 comprised between 40 and 50 resident ascetics. He also erected a temple there that still exists, and indicates, by an inscription over the door, that it was dedicated to Srí Rádhá Vallabha by HARI VANS, in Samvat 1641, or A. D. 1585. A manual, entitled Rádhá Sudhá Nidhi, which is merely a series of Sanskrit verses in praise of RÁDIÁ, is also ascribed to the same individual. A more ample exposition of the notions of the sect, and of their traditions and observances, as well as a collection of their songs or hymns, is the Sevá Sakhi Vání, a work in Bhákhá, in upwards of forty sections. There are other works in the vernacular dialects, and especially in that of Braj, or the country about Mathurá and Brindavan, which regulate or inspire the devotion of the worshippers of Rádhá Vallabha.
SAKHI BHÁVAS.
This sect is another ramification of those which adopt KRISHNA and RÁDIÁ for the objects of their worship, and may be regarded as more particularly springing from the last named stock, the Rádhá Vallabhis. As RADHA is their preferential and exclusive divinity,
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