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Sixteen Names of Srimati Radharani

राधाषोदशनामवर्णनम् Radhshodashnam varnam - 16 Names of Radharani:-

The 16 Names of Shri Radha by Lord Narayana in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Shri Krishna Janm Khanda 17.220-240:

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।
राधा रासेश्वरी रासवासिनी रसिकेश्वरी ।
कृष्णप्राणाधिका कृष्णप्रिया कृष्णस्वरूपिणी ॥ १॥

कृष्णवामाङ्गसम्भूता परमान्दरूपिणी ।
कृष्णा वृन्दावनी वृन्दा वृन्दावनविनोदिनी ॥ २॥

चन्द्रावली चन्द्रकान्ता शतचन्द्रप्रभानना ।
नामान्येतानि साराणि तेषामभ्यन्तराणि च ॥ ३॥

 

Radha - She who is the bestower of ultimate divine bliss. 
Rasesvari - She Who is the Goddess of the rasa dance. 
Rasa-Vasini - She Who always lives with the rasa dance. 
Rasikesvari - She Who is the Goddess of those who relish divine mellows. 
Krishna-Pranadhika - She Who is dearer to Krishna than His own life. 
Krishna-Priya - She Who is Krishna's most dearly beloved companion. 
Krishna-Svarupini - She Whose form resembles Krishna in so many ways. 
Krishna-Vamanga-sambhuta - She Who is generated from Krishna left side. 
Paramananda Rupini - She Who is the personification of supreme ecstasy. 
Krishna - She Who bestows the best form of supreme liberation. 
Vrindavani - She Who lives in Vrindavana. 
Vrinda - She Who always lives in the company of Her girlfriends. 
Vrindavana-Vinodini - She Who enjoys many pleasures in Vrindavana. 
Chandravali - She Whose form has many moons. 
Chandra-Kanta - She Whose effulgence is like the moon. 
Sarac-chandra-Prabhanana - She Whose face glows like the full moon of August.

 

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