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Rādhā

The beloved of Kṛṣṇa among the cowherd women, the model of devotion and, for some traditions, divine herself.

Also: Radha

Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantra and devotion

Rādhā is the cowherd woman whose love for Kṛṣṇa is celebrated in Jayadeva’s Gītagovinda and much later poetry. For the Caitanya tradition she is Kṛṣṇa’s own power of delight, and their union is the highest reality; her longing is the model of every soul’s love for God.