AchyuthASHTakam

DrMrinalini · Post by **DrMrinalini** » 17 Feb 2007, 19:46

The AchyuthASHTakam is attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (as I saw on a certain website)-is it so or is it any of the later day Bhakti saints like Vallabhacharya etc. Why I ask is because the AchyuthASHTaka has a mention of Radha. Now Radha as a character/consort of Krishna does not find mention in Bhagavatham & similar texts-it is mostly a concept that has evolved under later-day poets like Jayadeva. Any further info on this subject?

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 17 Feb 2007, 22:27

The following links gives more information on the subject -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radharani# ... a_the_gopi
http://www.goloka.com/docs/gallery/cont ... arrot.html

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 17 Feb 2007, 22:40

btw - viSakha nakSatra is also called rAdhA - http://www.astrojyoti.com/visakha.htm

gowri narayanan · Post by **gowri narayanan** » 22 Apr 2007, 14:12

radha is suka deva's guru.so out of reverance he does not mention her name explicitly in bhagavatam. a verse goes like this
yatha priyangu patreshu gudDham aarunyam eeyate srimad bhagavate SAStre raadhika tatwam eedruSam,meaning just as the ruddiness is not seen in marudhani leaves and is hidden,so is radha tatwam inbhagavatam.