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Radha

Also called: Radhika

In the Devi Bhagavata's ninth book and the Brahma Vaivarta's Prakriti Khanda, the first of the five Prakritis and Krishna's own left half, 'the presiding deity of his life'. Saraswati is said to spring from the end of her lips (9.4), and Lakshmi and Radha from the two halves of Prakriti (9.2).

Sources: The Srimad Devi Bhagawatam, tr. Swami Vijnanananda (1921-22), Book 9 chapters 1-6 (sacred-texts mirror); Brahma Vaivarta Purana, condensed English rendering in 24 chapters (Kamakoti Peetham website) · see Radha's web

Relations 5

Radha consort of

Krishna (Avatar) Vaishnava · Radha's anger and the line Krishna wrote
Krishna's beloved; in Gaudiya thought his own bliss-power.
Krishna (Avatar) Vaishnava · The colour on Radha's face (Krishna's Holi in Braj)
Colours her face at Holi in Braj.

Radha celebrated at

Holi (Festival) Vaishnava · The colour on Radha's face (Krishna's Holi in Braj)
Lathmar Holi at Barsana is kept for her.

Radha child of

Vrishabhanu (King) Vaishnava · The girl who would not open her eyes
Finds her on a lotus at Raval.

Radha cursed

Sridama (Mortal) Vaishnava · The girl who would not open her eyes
Curses him to be a demon; he curses her to a hundred years apart from Krishna.

Stories 5

Radha's anger and the line Krishna wrote
Legend · as the beloved · 2 tellings
The girl who would not open her eyes
Legend · as the child · 2 tellings
The message and the bee
Legend · as the gopi who speaks to the bee · 2 tellings
Saraswati is born of the Goddess and given to Narayana
Origin · as Krishna's own half, from whose lips she springs (9.4) · 3 tellings
The colour on Radha's face (Krishna's Holi in Braj)
Festival story · as the girl of Barsana · 2 tellings

Cited

The Srimad Devi Bhagawatam, tr. Swami Vijnanananda (1921-22), Book 9 chapters 1-6 (sacred-texts mirror) § 9.2 Primary text (translation)
The Srimad Devi Bhagawatam, tr. Swami Vijnanananda (1921-22), Book 9 chapters 1-6 (sacred-texts mirror) § 9.4 Primary text (translation)
Brahma Vaivarta Purana, condensed English rendering in 24 chapters (Kamakoti Peetham website) § 8 Primary text (translation)