Radhakavaca, Rādhākavaca, Radha-kavaca: 3 definitions
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Radhakavaca 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Radhakavacha.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsRādhākavaca (राधाकवच) refers to the “amulet invoking Rādhā”, as discussed in the fifth chapter [second book] of the Jñānāmṛtasārasaṃhita: 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 [rādhākavaca-prakāśana]: Nārada asks about the rādhākavaca. After at first refusing, Śiva finally answers by telling him the history of the kavaca-amulet (1-15), and then tells him a number of specific cases in which he may use the kavaca-amulet for protection by varying the number of syllables used (16-59). The chapter ends with eulogies of the kavaca and its uses (60-66).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Rādhākavaca (राधाकवच) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Proceed. Asb. 1865, 138. Printed in Bṛha- tstotraratnākara, as taken from the Jñānāmṛtasāra of the Nāradapañcarātra, p. 195.
2) Rādhākavaca (राधाकवच):—from the Brahmayāmala. As p. 162 (2 Mss.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRādhākavaca (राधाकवच):—[=rādhā-kavaca] [from rādhā > rādh] m. n. Name of [work]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Radha, Kavaca.
Starts with: Radhakavacaprakashana.
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