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Radhaprashamsa, śṃs, Radha-prashamsa: 1 definition

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Radhaprashamsa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term śṃs can be transliterated into English as Radhaprasamsa or Radhaprashamsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

śṃs (राधाप्रशंस�) (lit. “eulogy of Rādhā�) is the name of the sixth chapter [second book] of the ñ峾ṛtṃhٲ: a Pāñcarātra text representing a sectarian glorification of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha (i.e., the cult of Radha-Krishna) dated among the latest of the Saṃhitā-type works.—Description of the chapter [śṃs]: Śiva points out that what he has been telling about Rādhā is the essence of all Vedic teaching, and it was elaborated in the Kāpilapāñcarātra (1-3). He goes on to praise Rādhā as First of All Things, as inseparable from Kṛṣṇa, as the same as Lakṣmī, as source of other deities, etc. (4-32).

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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