Rati

Rati

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

Devatās

• Rati: the wife of Manmatha, also called Kāma, love and desire in the form of a woman. Padma Purāṇa; Skanda Purāṇa; Śiva Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa

Things and ideas

• Rati (Delight): delight, the pleasure in what one loves, named among the first things Hiraṇyagarbha created after the ten directions. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 1