Question: "Is it true that OM VishnuPad Shree MadhvAcharya considered all the Gopis to be Apsaras from Svarga-Loka?".
Answer by Vishnudut1926: "According to Shree Madhva-Sampradaya all the Gopis are Lakshmi-Aveshas, not the Apsaras.
If someone had ever read "Shreemad-Bhagavatam" ("Shree Bhagavata-Purana"), then he/she had probably noticed that the descriptions of Gopi-Leela from this Purana have an enormous number of Pramans devoted to Shreemati MahaLakshmi-Devi.
For example, "Shree Bhagavata-Purana", 10.32.14 चकास गोपी-परिषद्-गतो ऽर्चितस् त्रैलोक्य-लक्ष्म्य्-एक-पदं - chakAsa gopI-pariShad-gato .architas trailokya-lakShmy-eka-padaM - "Bhagavan Shree Krishna and Shreemati Lakshmi-Devi were shining in the gathering of Gopis".
Besides, "Shree Vishnu-Purana", 1.8.33 says रती रागश् च मैत्रेय लक्ष्मीर्गोविन्द - ratI rAgash cha maitreya lakShmIrgovinda -
