Madhurya-rasa

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conjugal devotional mood devotional mood rasa in Gaudiya Vaishnavism

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

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gopi-bhava	1

Statements (49)

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

Referenced by (2)

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

gopis → devotionalMood → Madhurya-rasa ⓘ

subject surface form: Gopis

Rasa Lila with gopis → relatedConcept → Madhurya-rasa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gopi-bhava