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In the Mahabharata, Draupadi is described as a partial incarnation of Sri (Lakshmi). [70] However, ... Radha – Radha is the goddess of love, tenderness, ...
Radha also appears in the Puranas namely the Padma Purana (as an avatar of Lakshmi), the Devi-Bhagavata Purana (as a form of Mahadevi), the Brahma Vaivarta Purana (as Radha-Krishna supreme deity), the Matsya Purana (as form of Devi), the Linga Purana (as form of Lakshmi), the Varaha Purana (as consort of Krishna), the Narada Purana (as goddess ...
14th-century CE fresco of Radha Krishna in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Radha Krishna can be broken into two: Krishna (Devanagari: कृष्ण), the incarnation of Vishnu, which means, "all attractive" or "dark blue", [20] and his shakti Radha (Devanagari: राधा), the incarnation of Lakshmi, which means "the pleasing one".
Her identification with Radha is rendered unlikely by the historian, since, "we have no undoubted reference to Radha in genuine epigraphic or literary records of an early date". [77] [78] [79] Rukmini is mainly worshipped in west and south Indian states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and ...
Vrishabhanu (Sanskrit: वृषभानु; IAST: Vṛṣbhānu), also spelled as Brushabhanu, is a Yadava chieftain featured in Hindu scriptures. [2] [3] [4] He is described as the father of the goddess Radha, who is the chief consort of god Krishna and also regarded as the incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi in Dvapara Yuga.
She is also seen as the incarnation of Lakshmi. [72] Some traditions worship Radha as the lover consort of Krishna while many other traditions worship Radha as the married consort of Lord Krishna. Radha was made famous through Jayadeva's Gitagovinda poem which was written in 12th century.
The episode describing how the Supreme Shakti, Adi Mahalakshmi, transforms into her complete incarnation, Mahalakshmi or Mahasri, who is shown holding a mace, a shield, a citron, and a bowl. She is golden in colour, and on her crown she holds a lingam and a multi-headed snake which symbolizes the Trideva; linga meaning Shiva , yoni meaning ...
Krishn's devotee, Sridama curses Radha-Lakshmi in Goloka to forget Krishn for 100 years and live on Earth. This was a part of cosmic play as it was time for Krishn-Vishnu to make his entry into the mortal world to save Bhudevi from evil. Radha and Krishna are reborn in Barsana and Mathura respectively. [citation needed]