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(Redirected from Radhavallabha theology) Hindu tradition that reveres goddess Radha as the Supreme being
Radha Vallabha Sampradaya
Radha, the principal goddess of the Radha Vallabha tradition
Founder
incarnation of Krishna's flute Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu
Regions with significant populations
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Religions
Hinduism
Scriptures
Hita-Chaurāsī • other hymns
Languages
Braj Bhasha • Sanskrit
Website
radhavallabhmandir.com
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Vaishnavism
Closeup of Vishnu, seated in the lotus position on a lotus. From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari, The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet.
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The Radha Vallabha Sampradaya (Sanskrit: श्री राधावल्लभ सम्प्रदाय, romanized: Rādhāvallabha sampradāya) is a Vaishnava Hindu denomination which began in 1535 at Vrindavan, with the Shri Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu, who is regarded as the incarnationof lord Krishna's flute(1502–1552). Harivansh Mahaprabhu incarnated to spread the glories and supreme blissful nectar of Nikunjeshwari Shri Radha( she is the one who resides in her personal palace Nikunj) which is beyond of any scriptures and Vedas.This sampradaya emphasises devotion to the goddess Shri Radha as the Supreme Being.

Features

Radha Krishna murti depicting their love where Radha is depicted as queen and Krishna as her loving subordinate.

According to the scholar Guy L. Beck, the Radha Vallabha Sampradaya has the following features, in comparison with Krishnaite traditions.

  1. Its view on Radha and Krishna differentiates from normative Krishnaite theology. The Supreme Being in this tradition is Radha, while her consort Krishna is described to be the penultimate step toward the supreme deity, and her most intimate servant.
  2. The tradition prefers to remain unaffiliated with any classical philosophical positions and previous four major Vaishnavite sampradayas.
  3. It declines to produce theological and philosophical commentaries, based on pure bhakti, divine love.
  4. The founder and followers lived and lived as householders and sannyasa is not praised.

Scriptures

The main scriptures of the sampradaya created in regional Braj Bhasha with status of the heaven language.

  • Hita-Caurāsī (a.k.a. Caurāsī Pad) — the eighty-four verses (hymns), the principal work of Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu.
  • Vyāhulau Utsav ke Pad (the Wedding Hymns of Radha and Krishna).
  • Shri Hit Radha Sudha Nidhi, written by Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu.
  • Shri Hit Sevak Vaani, written by Sevak Ji(Damodardas Ji)

Lineage of Radha Vallabha Sampradaya

The central deity of Radha Vallabh Temple, Vrindavan

The Shri Radha Vallabh Temple in Vrindavan, Mathura is a very famous temple of the same preaching. This temple is among the most famous 7 temples of Thakur of Vrindavan including Radha Vallabha, Govinda, Banke Bihari and four others. In this temple, there is no idol of Shri Radha, but a 'Gādī Sevā' is placed next to Krishna to signify her presence.

The Shri Radha Vallabh Temple was founded by Shri Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu who is worshipped in the adjacent temple of Radha Vallabha which was earlier Radhavallabha's temple, but because of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's attack on Vrindavan he was shifted to other place and then the new temple was built. The Yugal Darshan of Radhavallabha is considered as difficult because of rituals due to which the "patt" gets closed. This temple with Madan teer and Seva kunj with Maharasmandal are held by the Tikaet Adhyaksh and are considered as Radha Vallabha's property. In this temple Radhastami is celebrated largely which is a festival on the birthday of Radha.

The kirtan "Samaj-Gayan" is the Radha-vallabha's collective style of hymn singing by the Hindustani classical music forms, such "dhrupad" and "dhamar".

Notable people

Premanand Ji Maharaj

See also

Notes

  1. As a precursor to this view can understand the 12th-century poet Jayadeva, in whose Gita Govinda (10.9) Krishna beneath Radha.
  2. Scholaes sometimes count the Radhavallabhis as an offshoot of Nimbarka Sampradaya.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Beck 2005, p. 66.
  2. ^ White 1977; Snell 1991; Beck 2005, pp. 67–68.
  3. ^ Beck 2005, p. 67.
  4. Gupta, Ravi; Valpey, Kenneth (2013-03-26). The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition. Columbia University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-231-14999-0.
  5. White 1977; Snell 1991, chapter 1; Brzezinski 1992; Rosenstein 1998; Beck 2005.
  6. Rosenstein 1998.
  7. Vemsani, Lavanya (2016). Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Lord of Many Names: An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Lord of Many Names. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio. ISBN 978-1-61069-211-3. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  8. Lochtefeld, James G. (2002). "Radha". The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N–Z. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 542. ISBN 978-0-8239-3180-4.
  9. Balfour, Edward (1885). The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures (3rd ed.). London: B. Quaritch. p. 62. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  10. Beck 2005, pp. 74–76.
  11. Beck 2005, p. 76.
  12. De, Sushil Kumar (1942). Early History of the Vaisnava Faith and Movement in Bengal from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources. Calcutta: General Printers and Publishers. p. 6 note.
  13. Beck 2005, pp. 86–90.
  14. "सेवक (दामोदरदास)", विकिपीडिया (in Hindi), 2021-05-06, retrieved 2024-04-16
  15. Rājaśekhara Dāsa (2000). The Color Guide to Vṛndāvana: India's Most Holy City of Over 5,000 Temples. Vedanta Vision Publication.
  16. Live, A. B. P. "प्रेमानंद जी महाराज वृंदावन का जीवन परिचय जान आप रह जाएंगे हैरान, यहां पढ़ें इनकी जीवनी". ABP News (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-07-09.

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