Rādhā

Rādhā

Rādhā is a name used for more than one woman in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Rādhā: the beloved of Śrī Kṛshṇa and the supreme Prakṛti, the devī of Bṛndāvana in Goloka. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapters 1, 47–53; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janana Khaṇḍa, Chapters 3, 15, 17, 27–28, 52–53, 55–57, 66–69, 89

People

• Rādhā, Mother of Karṇa: the wife of the charioteer Adhiratha, who found the infant Karṇa in a basket on a river and raised him. Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Sambhava Parva, Chapters 111–130