राधा

See also: रोध

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.d̪ʱɑː/, [ɾäː.d̪ʱäː]

Proper noun

राधा • (rādhā) f

1. Radha (the goddess of beauty, humanity, and kindness, consort of Krishna)
2. a female given name, Radha, from Sanskrit.

Declension

Declension of राधा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	राधा rādhā
oblique	राधा rādhā
vocative	राधा rādhā

Derived terms

• राधे-राधे (rādhe-rādhe)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৰাধা (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬵᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
• রাধা (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ရာဓာ (Burmese script)
• રાધા (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦴꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂰𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ರಾಧಾ (Kannada script)
• រាធា (Khmer script)
• ຣາຘາ (Lao script)
• രാധാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧑𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
• ରାଧା (Odia script)
• ꢬꢵꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
• රාධා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩛𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚭𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
• ராத⁴ா (Tamil script)
• రాధా (Telugu script)
• ราธา (Thai script)
• རཱ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨊𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From राध् (√rādh) derived from Proto-Indo-European *Hréh₁dʰeti, from *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).

Noun

राधा • (rādhā) stem, f

1. prosperity, success
2. (also dual) name of the 21st Nakshatra−Visakha (containing 4 stars in the form of a curve supposed to be अ (a), त् (t), व् (v), Librae, and γ Scorpionis cf. नक्षत्र (nakṣatra))
3. lightning
4. a particular attitude in shooting (standing with the feet a span apart ; cf. -भेधिन् (-bhedhin), -वेधिन् (-vedhin)), (Pracaṇḍ.)
5. Emblic Myrobolan
6. Clitoria ternatea
7. name of the foster-mother of Karna (q.v. ; she was the wife of अधिरथ (adhiratha), who was सूत (sūta) or charioteer of king शूर (śūra))
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
8. name of a celebrated cowherdess or गोपी (gopī) (beloved by कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), and a principal personage in जय-देव (jaya-deva)'s poem गीतगोविन्द (gītagovinda); at a later period worshipped as a goddess, and occasionally regarded as an अवतार (avatāra) of लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), as कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) is of विष्णु (viṣṇu); also identified with दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī))
   • c. 1100, Jayadeva, Gītagovinda
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra
9. name of a female slave
   • c. 200 CE, Lalitavistara Sūtra

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of राधा (rādhā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	राधा rādhā	राधे rādhe	राधाः rādhāḥ
Vocative	राधे rādhe	राधे rādhe	राधाः rādhāḥ
Accusative	राधाम् rādhām	राधे rādhe	राधाः rādhāḥ
Instrumental	राधया / राधा¹ rādhayā / rādhā¹	राधाभ्याम् rādhābhyām	राधाभिः rādhābhiḥ
Dative	राधायै rādhāyai	राधाभ्याम् rādhābhyām	राधाभ्यः rādhābhyaḥ
Ablative	राधायाः / राधायै² rādhāyāḥ / rādhāyai²	राधाभ्याम् rādhābhyām	राधाभ्यः rādhābhyaḥ
Genitive	राधायाः / राधायै² rādhāyāḥ / rādhāyai²	राधयोः rādhayoḥ	राधानाम् rādhānām
Locative	राधायाम् rādhāyām	राधयोः rādhayoḥ	राधासु rādhāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Hindi: राधा (rādhā)
• Telugu: రాధ (rādha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “राधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0876.