Editing Rukmini (section)

== Literature and symbolism ==
Rukmini in [[Hinduism]], is revered as the goddess of fortune, and mostly appears alongside her husband Krishna. An avtara of [[Lakshmi]], she is the chief and most beloved consort of Krishna, in various scriptures and text of Hindu traditions.<ref>{{Citation|last=Bryant |first = Edwin F. |authorlink=Edwin Bryant (author) |year=2007 |title = Krishna: A Sourcebook |publisher = Oxford University Press |isbn = 978-0-19-514891-6|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HVDqCkW1WpUC|volume= |pages=283, 360}}</ref>

[[File:Temple Sri Sanatan - Montréal - QC - CA - Krishna & Rukmini.jpg|thumb|Krishna and Rukmini at Temple Sri Sanatan, [[Montreal]]. Rukmini always appears on the left side of Krishna.<ref>{{cite book|author=D Dennis Hudson|title=The Body of God : An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMCxbOezDi4C&pg=PA264|accessdate=28 March 2013|date=27 August 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-970902-1|pages=263–4}}</ref>]]

Rukmini finds her mention in ''[[Gopala Tapani Upanishad]]'' (as Krishna's other consort),<ref>{{Cite book
 | author = Deussen, P.
 | year = 1980
 | title = Sixty Upanishads of The Veda, trans
 | publisher = VM Bedekar and GB Palsule. Delhi
 | isbn = 0-8426-1645-4
}}Vol II, pp. 809-888. He has translated the Rāma Pūrva and Uttara-tāpinī and the Nṛsiṁha Pūrva and Uttara-tāpinī Upanishads.</ref> in the ''[[Garga Samhita (Vaishnavite text)|Garga Samhita]]'' (as Queen of Dvaraka),<ref>{{cite book |author=Lavanya Vemsani |title=Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4fw2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 |year=2016 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-211-3 |pages=99–100 }}</ref> in ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'' (as Krishna's chief queen),<ref>C Mackenzie Brown (1983), [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1462581 The Origin and Transmission of the Two "Bhāgavata Purāṇas": A Canonical and Theological Dilemma], Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 51, No. 4, pages 551–567</ref> in ''[[Brahma Vaivarta Purana]]'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gielen |first=Joris |title=The Theological Bearing of Puranic Stories: An enquiry into the presence of feminine theology in the Brahmavaivarta Purana |journal=Religions of South Asia |volume=2 |issue=2 |year=2008 |doi=10.1558/rosa.v2i2.177}}</ref> in ''[[Harivaṃśa]]'' that centres upon Dvaraka,<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/mbs/mbs01002.htm The Mahabharata in Sanskrit: Book I: Chapter 2] in sacred-texts.com website, (MBh.1.2.69): "hari vaṃśas tataḥ parva purāṇaṃ khila saṃjñitam bhaviṣyat parva cāpy uktaṃ khileṣv evādbhutaṃ mahat." ["Hari Vamsa Purana known as Khila (supplement) and Bhavishya Parva also spoken as Khila are wonderful and great"].</ref> and in ''[[Mahabharata]]'', mainly in the ''[[Adi Parva]]'' and the ''[[Mausala Parva]]''.<ref>Ganguli, K.M. (1883-1896) "[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m16/index.htm Mausala Parva]" in ''The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa'' (12 Volumes). Calcutta</ref> Rukmini is the central character of the text, ''[[Rukminisha Vijaya]]'', that talks about her and Krishna's life before marriage and ends with their marriage.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rukmiṇīśavijayaḥ: mahākāvyam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fg23AAAAIAAJ|author=Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya|publisher=Aitareya Prakāśanam Vyāsanakere|year=1996|page=7}}</ref> She also appears in the ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'' and ''[[Padma Purana]]'' (as an avatar of [[Lakshmi]]).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kinsley|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HzldwMHeS6IC|title=Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition|date=1988-07-19|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-90883-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Dalal|first=Roshen|title=Hinduism and its basic texts|date=2017-07-14|work=Reading the Sacred Scriptures|pages=157–170|location=New York |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315545936-11|isbn=978-1-315-54593-6}}</ref>

The ''[[Brihad Bhagavatamrita]]'' offers the following adulations to Rukmini, identifying her with Lakshmi and Krishna as the Supreme God, the source of all avatars. It states that she assumes partial [[avatars]] to accompany Krishna's avatars like [[Vamana]] and serves Krishna as his "perfectly complete divine consort".<ref>{{Cite book |first=Sanātana |last=Gosvāmī |url=http://archive.org/details/sribrhadbhagavat0000sana |title=Śrī Br̥had Bhāgavatāmr̥ta of Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī : translated from the original Sanskrit, with a summary of the author's Dig-darśinī commentary |date=2002 |publisher=Los Angeles : Bhaktivedanta Book Trust |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-89213-348-2 |pages=240–241}}</ref> The ''[[Naradiya Purana|Narada Purana]]'' instructs a devotee on the manner of offering worship to Krishna, offering precedence to the role of Rukmini in his devotion. Rukmini is worshipped with Krishna on his left-hand side; she is equated with [[Rajas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shastri |first1=J. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2JHsDwAAQBAJ&dq=rukmini+worship&pg=PA1142 |title=The Narada-Purana Part 3: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 17 |last2=Tagare |first2=G. V. |date=2004-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-3884-0 |pages=1142 |language=en}}</ref> The ''[[Skanda Purana]]'' describes the process of the worship of the goddess with Krishna. A devotee is said to acquire wish fulfillment, male progeny and physical beauty by pleasing Rukmini.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-16 |title=Importance of worshipping Rukmiṇī [Chapter 22] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc627261.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref>