राम
Madhura Upasana

मूल पाठ · अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद

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The Rasika Lineage of Rama Worship

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Chapter Six: The Rasika Lineage of Rama Worship

  1. Sri Vishvamitra is its seer.
  2. Sri Rameshvara is its sacred abode.
  3. Ayodhya is its dharmaśālā.
  4. Chitrakuta is its pleasure retreat.
  5. Its adherents are Ramanandi Vaishnavas.
  6. Its monastic formation is the Digambara Akhara.
  7. Its doorway is Sri Kuva.
  8. Sri Sita is its chosen deity.
  9. Its principal rasa is the amorous.
  10. It possesses limitless branches.
  11. Its sectarian mark is the upright ūrdhva-puṇḍra.
  12. Its sacred field is Sri Dhanusha.
  13. Its gurudvāra is Ayodhya.1

In the next two chapters we shall describe the literature of sweet worship in the Ramavat tradition: first the Sanskrit works, and then the Hindi.

Footnotes

  1. See the life of Sri Premlata, p. 10. ↩

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