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Words Starting with R

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

Rādhikā – see Rādhā

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

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

Raghunātha – name of Lord Rāma; lord of the Raghu race

Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī – one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana

Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī – one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana

rājā – king

rājā dharma – king’s sacred duty, principles, and actions

rajo-guṇa – the mode of passion

rakṣasa – race of demoniac persons

Rāma – 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 – the perfect rule under Lord Rāmacandra’s kingship

Ramā – Lakṣmī, Lord Viṣṇu’s eternal consort

Rāmacandra – see Rāma

Rāmacandra Kavirāja – the associate of Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura

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

Rāmanujācārya – great Vaiṣṇava devotee who founded the Śrī sampradāya

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

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

ratha – chariot

Ratha Yātrā – (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 – the dance Lord Kṛṣṇa performed with the gopīs headed by Rādhā

Rāseśvarī – Rādhā, queen of the rāsa field

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

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

rikṣarāja – king of bears

ṛṇa – debt

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

ṛṣabha – the second note in the musical scale

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

ṛṣi – a seer

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

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

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

rudra vīṇā – the more common vīṇā in the North Indian tradition; a bamboo stringed zither

Rukmi – brother of Rukmiṇī

Rukmiṇī – one of the main wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa

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

rūpa – form

rūpaka – a common seven beat cycle of North Indian music

rūpakam – a common six beat cycle of South Indian music

rūpam – see uptāla jhampaka

Rūpa Gosvāmī – the leader of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, author of Bhakti Rasāmṛta Sindhu