Madhurya-rasa

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Madhurya-rasa is the intimate, conjugal mood of devotional love in Gaudiya Vaishnavism, exemplified by the gopis’ romantic devotion to Krishna.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gopi-bhava 1
Madhurya-rasa canonical 1
MadhuryaBhava 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conjugal devotional mood ⓘ
devotional mood ⓘ
rasa in Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
associatedPlace Goloka Vrindavan ⓘ
linked to: Goloka

Vrindavan ⓘ
centralDeity Krishna ⓘ
characterizedAs conjugal love for Krishna ⓘ
intimate devotional love ⓘ
romantic devotion to Krishna ⓘ
consideredByGaudiyaAcharyas supreme manifestation of bhakti-rasa ⓘ
contrastedWith Aishvarya-rasa ⓘ
devoteeRole lover of Krishna ⓘ
devotionalFocus Krishna’s youthful pastimes ⓘ
Rasa-lila ⓘ
linked to: Krishna leela
devotionalPracticeGoal attainment of gopi-bhava ⓘ
service to Radha and Krishna ⓘ
distinguishedFrom dasya-rasa ⓘ
sakhya-rasa ⓘ
vatsalya-rasa ⓘ
emotionalFlavor erotic but spiritually sublimated love ⓘ
especiallyGlorifiedAs parakiya-bhava of the Vraja gopis ⓘ
etymologyComponent madhurya means sweetness ⓘ
rasa means taste or flavor ⓘ
exemplifiedBy Srimati Radharani ⓘ
linked to: Radha

gopis of Vrindavan ⓘ
linked to: Gopikas
expoundedBy Jiva Goswami ⓘ
Raghunatha dasa Goswami ⓘ
Rupa Goswami ⓘ
includesAspect exclusive devotion to Krishna ⓘ
intimacy ⓘ
possessiveness toward Krishna ⓘ
sweetness ⓘ
includesSubmood parakiya-bhava ⓘ
svakiya-bhava ⓘ
languageTermOrigin Sanskrit ⓘ
modeOfService manjari-bhava ⓘ
primaryExample Radha-Krishna relationship ⓘ
gopis’ love for Krishna ⓘ
religiousTradition Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
requires single-pointed devotion to Krishna ⓘ
scripturalSource Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu ⓘ
Caitanya-caritamrta ⓘ
Ujjvala-nilamani ⓘ
taughtBy Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ⓘ
theologicalStatus highest rasa in Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
ultimateFulfillment eternal loving union with Krishna in Goloka Vrindavan ⓘ
viewedAs most confidential relationship with Krishna ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gopis → devotionalMood → Madhurya-rasa ⓘ
subject linked to: gopis
Rasa Lila with gopis → relatedConcept → Gopi-bhava ⓘ
linked to: Madhurya-rasa
Gopikas → devotionType → MadhuryaBhava ⓘ
linked to: Madhurya-rasa
Radha Gopinath → associatedConcept → madhurya-rasa ⓘ
linked to: Madhurya-rasa