Rasa Lila with gopis

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Rasa Lila with gopis is a celebrated Hindu mythological dance and love-play of Lord Krishna with the cowherd maidens, symbolizing divine love and spiritual ecstasy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu mythological episode
devotional practice
religious dance-drama
associatedWithDeityAspect Krishna as supreme lover
associatedWithFestival Holi
Janmashtami
Sharad Purnima
associatedWithPlace Vraja
linked to: Vraj

Vrindavan
associatedWithRiver Yamuna
associatedWithText Bhagavata Purana
Gita Govinda
centralFigure Radha
coreNarrative Krishna multiplies himself to dance with each gopi
gopis abandon worldly duties to join Krishna
depictedInArtForm kirtan and bhajan performances
miniature painting
temple sculpture
featuresCharacter gopis
hasLanguageOfPerformance Braj Bhasha
Hindi
Sanskrit
hasMainDeity Krishna
hasMoral God responds to sincere love of devotees
total devotion surpasses social convention
hasTheme bhakti (devotion)
madhurya-bhava (sweet amorous devotion)
selfless surrender
transcendental love
influenced North Indian devotional music
Vaishnava poetry
classical Indian dance iconography
interpretedAs allegory of soul’s longing for God
metaphor for divine play (lila)
occursAtTime Sharad Purnima night
performedAs classical dance-drama
devotional reenactment
folk theatre
relatedConcept Gopi-bhava
linked to: Madhurya-rasa

Prema (divine love)
Rasa (aesthetic flavor)
religiousTradition Vaishnavism
symbolizes divine love
spiritual ecstasy
union of soul and God
worshippedByTradition Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Nimbarka Sampradaya
Pushtimarg
Vallabha Sampradaya

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Vrindavan mythologicalEvent Rasa Lila with gopis
Braj associatedWithLegend Rasa Lila of Krishna
linked to: Rasa Lila with gopis
Gopis centralEpisode Rasa-lila with Krishna
subject linked to: gopis
linked to: Rasa Lila with gopis
Meitei people culturalDanceContext Ras Lila is associated with Krishna devotion
linked to: Rasa Lila with gopis
Nidhivan knownFor Krishna’s nocturnal pastimes
linked to: Rasa Lila with gopis
Sharad Purnima associatedEvent Raas Lila of Krishna
linked to: Rasa Lila with gopis