Rasa Lila with gopis

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Hindu mythological episode devotional practice religious dance-drama

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Krishna’s nocturnal pastimes 1
Raas Lila of Krishna 1
Ras Lila is associated with Krishna devotion 1

Statements (49)

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

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 Pushti (divine grace) ⓘ
surface form: 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 Madhurya-rasa ⓘ
surface form: Gopi-bhava

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

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