Raga = One of the kancukas of Maya on account of which there is limitation by desire; passionate desire.
Rajas = The principle of motion, activity and disharmony-a constituent of Prakrti.
Rakti = relish; enjoyment esoteric meaning-‘sthiti’- maintenance.
Rasa = Flavour; aesthetic rapture.
Rasmi = Sakti
Raudri = The sakti that induces the pleasure-seeking souls to be confined to their pleasures.
Ravi = Pramana (knowledge); prana
Rekhini = The sakti that forms a straight line in the formation of the letter.
Rig-Veda = One of the four Vedas
RiShi, rushi = sage, seer
Rodhini = The sakti that obstructs the passage to moksa
rudra = A form of Lord shiva, as deva of destruction. One of the trimUrti
Rudra (kalagni) = Rudra residing in the lowest plane of Nivrtti kala.
Rudrah = The deities that are responsible for manifestation, maintenance of manifestation, and withdrawal of manifestation of the world-process; the souls that have evolved to the status of pati or selves that have realized Siva-consciousness.
Rudrah (teachers) = Exponents of 18 Saivagamas who are mukta Siva
Rudra pramata = Mukta Siva
rudrAxa, rudrAksha = beed held sacrad by shaivtes, appeared fromthe eye of rudra
Rudrayamala = intimate union of Rudra and His Sakti
Rupa = Form; essence.
Hinduism Glossary of Terms – R
