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Rädhäräëé	Lord Kåñëa's most intimate consort, who is the personification of His internal, spiritual potency.
Räga-märga	the path of spontaneous love of Godhead.
Raghunätha Bhaööa Gosvämé	one of the six Vaiñëava spiritual masters who directly followed Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu and systematically presented His teachings.
Raghunätha däsa Gosvämé	one of the six Vaiñëava spiritual masters who directly followed Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu and systematically presented His teachings.
Rahügaëa Mahäräja	the king who received spiritual instruction from Jaòa Bharata.
Räjarñi	saintly king.
Rajas	the material mode of passion.
Räjasüya-yajïa	the great sacrificial ceremony performed by King Yudhiñöhira and attended by Lord Kåñëa.
Rajo-guëa	the material mode of passion.
Räkñasas	man-eating demons.
Räkñasé	a female [Räkñasa,] or demoness.
Räma	(1) a name of Lord Kåñëa meaning "the source of all pleasure." (2) Lord Rämacandra, an incarnation of the Supreme Lord as t he perfect king.
Räma	[See:] Rämacandra
Räma-räjya	a perfect Vedic kingdom like that of Lord Rämacandra, the incarnation of the Supreme Lord appearing as the perfect king.
Rämacandra	an incarnation of the Supreme Lord as the perfect king.
Rämänanda Räya	an intimate associate of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu.
Rämänujäcärya	a great eleventh-century spiritual master of the Çré Vaiñëava [sampradäya].
Rämäyaëa	the epic history about Lord Rämacandra, originally written by Välméki Muni.
Räsa Dance	Lord Kåñëa's pleasure dance with the cowherd maidens of Våndävana. It is a pure exchange of spiritual love between the Lord and His most advanced, confidential servitors.
Rasas	the loving moods or mellows relished in the exchange of love with the Supreme Lord.
Räsa-lélä	the pure exchange of spiritual love between Kåñëa and His most advanced, confidential servitors, the cowherd damsels of Vrajabhümi.
Rasätala	the next-to-lowest planet in the universe's lower planetary system, Pätäla.
Ratha-yäträ	an annual festival in which Deities of the Supreme Lord are drawn in procession upon huge, gaily decorated, canopied chariots.
Rävaëa	a demoniac ruler who was killed by Lord Rämacandra.
Åk-saàhitä	the [Åg Veda.]
Åg Veda	one of the four [Vedas,] the original scriptures spoken by the Lord Himself.
Rohiëé	one of Vasudeva's wives, who later lived under the care of Nanda Mahäräja. She is the mother of Balaräma.
Romaharñaëa	the father of Süta Gosvämé. He was killed by Lord Balaräma for his disrespect.
Åñabhadeva	an incarnation of the Supreme Lord as a devotee king who, after instructing his sons in spiritual life, renounced Hi s kingdom for a life of austerity.
Åñi	a sage.
Rudra	[See:] Çiva
Rudras	the expansions of Lord Çiva who rule over the material mode of ignorance.
Rukmé	a brother of Kåñëa's queen Rukmiëé.
Rukmiëé	Lord Kåñëa's principal queen in Dvärakä.
Rukmiëé-Dvärakädhéça	the transcendental couple manifested as Kåñëa, the Lord of Dvärakä, and His queen Rukmiëé.
Rüpa Gosvämé	the chief of the six Vaiñëava spiritual masters who directly followed Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu and systematically p resented His teachings.