[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.6 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.6 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.6 - **Language:** English ### [c9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.6) RĀDHĀ I. Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s dearest consort. Rādhā is considered to be one of the two forms of Lakṣmīdevī. When Kṛṣṇa lived in Gokula as a man with two hands Rādhā was his dearest consort. But when he lives in Vaikuṇṭha as four-handed Viṣṇu, Lakṣmī is his dearest consort. (Devī Bhāgavata 9, 1; Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2, 49 and 56-57 and Ādi Parva Chapter 11). - [Previous: c9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5) - [Next: c9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.7) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmavaivartapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmavaivarta.2.49) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.9.1) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.6) · Pramāṇa