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Rādhā (राधा) – (Srīmatī Rādhārāṇī; voc. Rādhe) – eternal consort of Lord Kṛṣṇa; supreme pleasure potency of the Lord

Rādhikā (राधिका) – see Rādhā

Rādhikā-ramaṇa (राधिका-रमण) – name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the one that gives pleasure to Rādhikā (Rādhā)

rāga (राग) – 1) attachment 2) lit. “that would colors the mind”; melodic forms containing aesthetic qualities, upward and downward scales, king and queens of notes, and emotional feels

Raghu (रघु) – the great-grandfather of Lord Rāma; one of the founders of the royal (solar) dynasty Lord Rāma appeared in

Raghunātha (रघुनाथ) – name of Lord Rāma; lord of the Raghu race

Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī (रघुनाथ भट्ट गोस्वामी) – one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana

Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī (रघुनाथ दास गोस्वामी) – one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana

rājā (राजा) – king

rājā dharma (राज धर्म) – king’s sacred duty, principles, and actions

rajo-guṇa (रजो-गुण) – the mode of passion

rakṣaka (रक्षक) – protector

rākṣasa (राक्षस) – race of demoniac persons

Rāma (राम) – 1) a name for Lord Kṛṣṇa meaning “reservoir of pleasure” 2) Lord Rāmacandra who took form to destroy Rāvaṇa and establish the role of the perfect man and perfect king 3) Lord Balarāma

Rāma rājya (राम राज्य) – the perfect rule under Lord Rāmacandra’s kingship

Ramā (रमा) – Lakṣmī, Lord Viṣṇu’s eternal consort

Rāmacandra (रामचन्द्र) – see Rāma

Rāmacandra Kavirāja (रामचन्द्र कविराज) – the associate of Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura

Rāmānanda Rāya (रामानन्द राय) – a confidential associate of Lord Caitanya who saw the ṣad-bhuja form of the Lord

Rāmānuja (Rāmānujācārya) (रामानुज/रामानुजाचार्य) – great Vaiṣṇava devotee who founded the Śrī sampradāya

Rāmāyaṇa (रामायण) – the epic written by Vālmīkī describing all of Lord Rāma’s pastimes

Rāma navami (राम नवमि) – the appearance day celebration of Lord Rāma; (ninth day of the month of Caitra (March-April))

ratha (रथ) – chariot

Ratha Yātrā (रथ यात्रा) – (lit. “journey of the chariots”) the festival where Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā are taken outside of the temple and placed on chariots on the streets of the city. Devotees pull the chariots throughout the city chanting Their holy names

rāsa līlā (रास लीला) – the dance Lord Kṛṣṇa performed with the gopīs headed by Rādhā

Rāseśvarī (रासेश्वरी) – Rādhā, queen of the rāsa field

Rāvaṇa (रावण) – son of Kaikasī and Viśravā; demoniac king of Lankā, kidnapped Sītā and was slain by Lord Rāma

Ṛg-veda (ऋग्वेद) – one of the four original Vedas containing hymns and chants to various demigods

ṛkṣ (ऋक्ष) – bears

Ṛkṣarāja (ऋक्षराज) – king of bears

ṛṇa (ऋण) – debt

Rohiṇī (रोहिणी) – wife of Vasudeva and mother of Balarāma (Rohiṇī-suta)

ṛṣabha (ऋशभ) – the second note in the musical scale

Ṛṣabha (ऋशभ/ऋशभदेव) – (Ṛṣabhadeva) form of Lord Kṛṣṇa who was ruler that devotional service in the fifth canto of the Bhāgavatam

ṛṣi (ऋषि) – a seer

Rṣyamukha (ऋष्यमुख) – the mountain where Sugrīva and his minister stayed until Lord Rāma’s visit

ṛtvika (ऋत्विक) – 1) a Vedic priest (from ṛtvija) 2) acceptor of initiation by a ṛtvika priest

Rudra (रुद्र) – 1) name of Lord Siva 2) lit. “anger” 3) one of the four sampradāyas

rudra vīṇā (रुद्र वीणा) – the more common vīṇā in the North Indian tradition; a bamboo stringed zither

Rukmi (रुक्मि) – brother of Rukmiṇī

Rukmiṇī (रुक्मिणी) – one of the main wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Rumā (रुमा) – Sugrīva’s wife, held captive by Vālī until his death

rūpa (रूप) – form

rūpaka (रूपक) – a common seven beat cycle of North Indian music

rūpakam (रूपकम्) – a common six beat cycle of South Indian music

rūpam (रूपम्) – see uptāla jhampaka

Rūpa Gosvāmī (रूप गोस्वामी) – the leader of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, author of Bhakti Rasāmṛta Sindhu

UPDATED: July 6, 2009