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=== Hymns === [[File:Krishna et Râdhâ (MNAAG - musée Guimet) (11936923714).jpg|thumb|Radha Krishna painting inspired by Gita Govinda]] List of prayers and hymns dedicated to Radha are: * ''[[Gita Govinda]]'': This 12th century work of [[Jayadeva]] is dedicated to both Radha and Krishna. Gita Govinda is still the part of temple songs of [[Jagannath Temple, Puri|Jagannath Temple]], Puri.{{sfn|Datta|1988|pp=1419–1420}} * ''Radhe Krishna'': The maha-mantra of [[Nimbarka Sampradaya]] is as follows: {{Poem quote|''Rādhe Kṛṣṇa Rādhe Kṛṣṇa'' ''Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Rādhe Rādhe'' ''Rādhe Shyām Rādhe Shyām'' ''Shyām Shyām Rādhe Rādhe''}} * ''Radha [[Gayatri Mantra]]'': "''Om Vrashbhanujaye Vidmahe, Krishnapriyaye Dhimahi , Tanno Radha Prachodayat."'' * ''[[Lakshmi]] Gayatri Mantra'': "Samuddhrtayai vidmahe Vishnunaikena dhimahi | tan no Radha prachodaydt || " (We think about her whom [[Vishnu]] himself supports, we meditate on her. Then, let Radha inspire us). The mantra is mentioned in [[Linga Purana]] (48.13) and invokes Lakshmi through Radha.{{sfn|Miller|1975|pp=655–671}} * ''[[Shri Radhika Krishnashtaka]]'': It is also called Radhashtak. The prayer is composed of eight verses and is popular in [[Swaminarayan Sampradaya]]. * ''Shri Radha Saharsnama Strotam'': The prayer has more than 1000 names of Radha and is part of the Sanskrit scripture [[Pancharatra|Narada Panchratra]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Sri Radha-sahasra-nama, The Thousand Names of Sri Radha |url=https://www.stephen-knapp.com/sri_radha-sahasra-nama.htm |access-date=2021-05-28 |website=www.stephen-knapp.com}}</ref> * ''Radha Kripa Kataksh Strotam'': This is the most famous stotra in Vrindavana. It is written in Ūrdhvāmnāya-tantra and is believed to be spoken by Śiva to Parvati. The prayer is dedicated to Radha and has total 19 verses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sri Sri Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja|url=http://www.harekrsna.de/Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava.htm|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.harekrsna.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Radha Kripa Kataksha - Lord Shiva|url=https://brajrasik.org/articles/5956a9261350677a49620717/radha-kripa-kataksha-lord-shiva|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Braj Ras - Bliss of Braj Vrindavan.}}</ref> * ''Yugalashtakam'': This prayer is dedicated to Yugal (combined) form of [[Radha Krishna]]. It is popular in [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] and was written by [[Jiva Goswami]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shree Yugal Ashtakam.|url=https://www.shrinathdham.com/stotra-stuti-aarti/shree-yugal-ashtakam/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Shrinathdham|language=en-GB}}</ref> * ''Radha Chalisa'': A devotional hymn in praise of Radha. The prayer has 40 verses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shree Radha Chalisa - Forty Verses of Shri Radha's Glory |url=https://brajrasik.org/articles/5ecaba472c91730061b25a5d/shri-radhe-vrishabhanujaa-bhaktani-praanaadhaar-shri-radha-chalisa |access-date=2021-05-28 |publisher=Braj Ras - Bliss of Braj Vrindavan}}</ref> * ''[[Hare Krishna (mantra)|Hare Krishna Mahamantra]]'': In this mantra, "Hare" is the vocative form of both "[[Hari]]" (Krishna) and "Hara" (Radha).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Judah|first=J. Stillson |title=Religious Movements in Contemporary America |chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781400868841-024/html|chapter=The Hare Krishna Movement|date=2015-03-08|pages=463–478 |publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6884-1|doi=10.1515/9781400868841-024}}</ref> The mantra is mentioned in [[Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad|Kali Santarana Upanishad]].<ref>{{cite book |surname=Beck |given=Guy L. |chapter=Hare Krishna Mahamantra: Gaudiya Vaishnava Practice and the Hindu Tradition of Sacred Sound |editor1=Edwin Bryant |editor2=Maria Ekstrand |year=2004 |title=The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant |place=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |url={{Google books|mBMxPdgrBhoC|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |pages=35–44 |isbn=0-231-12256-X}}</ref> {{Blockquote|text=<poem> ''Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa'' ''Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare'' ''Hare Rāma Hare Rāma'' ''Rāma Rāma Hare Hare''</poem>}} * ''Hita-Caurasi'': The eighty-four verses (hymns) in [[Braj Bhasha]] of the 16th-century poet-sant [[Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu]], founder of [[Radha Vallabh Sampradaya]], in praise of Radha as the ultimate deity, the Queen, while Krishna depicted as her servant.{{sfnm|1a1=White|1y=1977|1p=|2a1=Snell|2y=1991|2p=|3a1=Beck|3y=2005|3p=67}} * ''[[Radhe Radhe]]'': Greeting or salutation in [[Braj]] region dedicated to Radha.
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