Madanamohana

Murti of Krishna as Madana Mohana with his consort Radha, Madana Mohana Temple, Bishnupur
For other uses, see Madan Mohan (disambiguation).
The rasalila of Krishna, surrounded by the gopis.

Madanamohana (Sanskrit: मदनमोहन, romanized: Madanamohana) is an epithet of the Hindu deity Krishna.[1] It translates as, "he whose charm (mohana) bewilders even the god of love (madana)". The epithet describes the powerful nature of the attraction for the deity from his devotees, exempified by the legend of the rasalila, where the gopis (cowherdesses) of the region Vraja abandon all their obligations to answer the call of Krishna.[2] The epithet is also identified with the form of the deity worshipped by Sanatana Goswami of the Gaudiya tradition at Vrindavan.[3][4]

  1. ^ Dalal, Roshen (2014-04-18). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin UK. p. 317. ISBN 978-81-8475-277-9.
  2. ^ Goswami, Tamal Krishna (2012-07-26). A Living Theology of Krishna Bhakti: Essential Teachings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Oxford University Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-19-979663-2.
  3. ^ Valpey, Kenneth Russell (2006-04-18). Attending Krishna's Image: Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth. Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-134-17545-1.
  4. ^ Holdrege, Barbara A. (2015-08-14). Bhakti and Embodiment: Fashioning Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies in Krsna Bhakti. Routledge. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-317-66909-8.