Nāyikāra Śiromaṇi Braje Rādhā Ṭhākurāṇī
Prādhāna-nāyikā Śrīmati Rādhikāra Sakhī-varṇaṇa — Description of the Friends of Śrī Rādhā, the Most Important Heroine
Queen Rādhā in Vraja is the crest jewel of all heroines. The first four kinds of Her five kinds of friends are: 1. sakhī (friends), 2. nitya-sakhī (eternal friends), 3. prana-sakhī (life friends), 4. priya-sakhī (dear friends).
The fifth kind of friends are the parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs (most dear friends). They are trhe best of the friends. Please hear, and I will describe all these kinds of friends. Kusumikā, Vindhyāvatī, Dhaniṣṭhā, and many others are counted among the sakhīs. They are all saintly girls in Vraja.
Rādhā's nitya-sakhīs include śrī Rūpa, Rati, Kasturī, Śrī Guṇa, and Maṇi-mañjarī. Rādhā's prāṇa-sakhīs include Vasantī and Nāyikā. Of them Śaśimukhī is the most improtant.
The priya-sakhīs include Kuraṅgākṣī, Mañjukeśī, Sumadhyā, Madanālasī, Kamalā, Mādhurī, Kāmalatā, Kandarpasundarī, Mādhavī, Mālatī, and Śaśikalā. They are all devoted to serving Śrī Rādhā.
Lalitā, Viśākhā, Citrā, Tuṅgabidyā, Campalatā, Indulekhā, Raṅga-devī, and Sudevī are the eight parama- preṣṭha sakhīs. With one heart they serve Śrī Śrī Rādhā- Kṛṣṇa.