মাধবীদেবী—শিখিমাহিতির ভগিনী শ্রীরাধার দাসীমধ্যে যাঙ্র নাম গণি
माधवीदेवी—शिखिमाहितिर भगिनी श्रीराधार दासीमध्ये याङ्र नाम गणि
mādhavī-devī—śikhi-māhitira bhaginī śrī-rādhāra dāsī-madhye yāṅra nāma gaṇi
Synonyms
mādhavī-devī—of the name Mādhavīdevī; śikhi-māhitira—of Śikhi Māhiti; bhaginī—sister; śrī-rādhāra—of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; dāsī-madhye—amongst the maidservants; yāṅra—whose; nāma—name; gaṇi—count..
Translation
Mādhavīdevī, the seventeenth of the prominent devotees, was the younger sister of Śikhi Māhiti. She is considered to have formerly been a maidservant of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Purport
In the Antya-līlā of Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Chapter Two, verses 104-106, there is a description of Mādhavīdevī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered her to be one of the maidservants of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Within this world, Caitanya Mahāprabhu had three and a half very confidential devotees. The three were Svarūpa Gosāñi, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Śikhi Māhiti, and Śikhi Māhiti's sister, Mādhavīdevī, being a woman, was considered to be the half. Thus it is known that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had three and a half confidential devotees.