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(See that article.) There is a feft faid to worfhip her ex- 

 cluJively, and called Radha-ballabhi : tliey confidcr her as 

 the Sakti, or aftive power of Viftinu or Krifhna. (See 

 Sakti.) The followers of this fcft have afcribed to them 

 the iingular practice of making their own wives pcrfonatc 

 Radha, and of prefenting to or through them the oblations 

 propitiating the goddcfs, or Lalifhmi, of whom, as before 

 laid, file is an incarnation. There is no end to the whimfi- 

 calities in the modes of human worfliip, to give them no 

 harfher name, wherever, to ufe an oriental cxpreffion, we 

 fufFer our necks to (lip out of the collar of reafon. Thus in 

 India, as hath been the cale in other countries, there is, 

 with feveral fetts, a right -han(hil and a left-handed mode of 

 worfhip ; one meaning a decent, the other an indecent mode. 

 Thofe among tlie feft in quel\ion, who follow the lelt- 

 lianded path, require their wives to he naked, when attend- 

 ing them at their devotional abominations. She is fome- 

 times called Radhika, and Krifhna, Radhikefwara, or lord 

 of Radhika ; and fometimes the name of Kantamati is given 

 both to her and Rukmeni. See Rukmexi and Y(ys(. 



In Radha may be recognized the Grecian .luno, and of 

 courfe in her hufband Krifhna, or Vifhnu, the amorous Jove 

 of that imitative race. On this point we iliall quote a para- 

 graph from the Edinburgii Review, "W xxxiv. 



" We tranflatca paflage from the Purana, entitled Brahma 

 Vaivartica, to dcmonftrate the identity of chara<fter afcribed 

 to Jupiter and Vilbnu ; only premifmg, that in conformity 

 to the peculiar tenets of its autlior, Viflinu is here flilcd 

 Kriflina, and his goddels, Radha. Gangfi (the Ganges) 

 was originally a nymph of wonderful beauty, who inhabited 

 Paradife. She became enamoured of Kriflma, and, con- 

 cealing her face with her robe, Itood immoveable in his pre- 

 fence, licr eyes fixed on his radiant countenance. The jea- 

 loufy of Radha (Juno) was excited. Followed by her in- 

 numerable attendants, file repaired to tha prefence of the 

 god, and feated herfelf on her throne of gems. The timid 

 •Ganga trembled at her afpcdt, and diffolved with terror. 

 The goddefs fpeaks : " Who is this nymph, lord of the imi- 

 verfe, who, with half concealed vifage, and eyes fparkling 

 defire, thus gazes on thy facred perfon ? This is not the 

 firil time the ikies have witneffcd the infidelity of their lord. 

 When I detefted thee dallying ni a grove of iandal with Vi- 

 raja, the figure of a quadruped concealed thy Ibame, and 

 llie was changed into a river. Still purfued by thee (lie be- 

 came the mother of the mighty ocean. The fame foretl was 

 the fcene of thy amours with the nymph Sobha, (beauty). 

 Again thou aflumedil the form of an animal ; whilft her 

 fpirit fled to the moon, and thou divideft her body amongft 

 gems, flowers, and black -eyed damfels. The woods of 

 Vrindavan afforded thee a retreat with the fhepherdefs 

 Prabha (lultre. ) On my an-ival, her fpirit tranfmigrated 

 to the folar orb ; of her body thou madeft a diitribu- 

 tion : the god of fire obtained a part ; and fome, as gold, 

 give brightncfs to the crowns of tiie kings of the earth. 

 When I found thee, unexpeftcdly, on abed of vernal buds, 

 reclined in company with the fair Xam.l (patience), alarmed 

 at my voice, thou gath^redll as they lay difperfed, thy yel- 

 low robes, thy lyre, thy necklace of flowers, and thy creil 

 of gems. Thee I forgave when tliou beftowedlt a portion 

 of her body on the piouu anchoret, a portion on the fick, 

 and a portion on the ffudious." 



Such of our readers as have obtained a fliarein the latter 

 portion, may, in the endeavour to expound this folar alle- 

 c;oi"y, be repaid perhaps for ther pains ; in perufing the 

 Gita Govindti and the article in which it iscompvifed, above 

 referred to, they afiuredly will. 



RADHJKA, a name of Radhu, confort of the Hin- 



doo deity Krithna, as fufliciently noticed under thofe 

 articles. 



RADHOST, in Geography, a mountain of Moravia, in 

 the circle of Prerau ; 12 miles E. of Mcfcritch. 



RADIIUA, a mountain of Arabia; 30 miles W. of 

 Medina. 



RADIiEUS, in Anatomy, an epithet applied to parts 

 about the radius, and equivalent to radial'u ; which fee. 



RADIAL CunvES. See Curves. 



RADIALIS, in Anatomy, a name given to parts in the 

 fore-arm, iituated near the radius. The adjcftive radial is 

 alfo employed to denote the edge, furface, or afpeft of any 

 part, which is towards the radius ; and in this way, with 

 the term ulnar, aflords the means of defcribing the organs 

 much more accurately and intelligibly, than the indefinite 

 exprcfiions of outer and inner, which vary conftantly in the 

 changing attitudes of tlie limb. 



Radialis Arleria, is the artery of the wrifl, in which 

 the pulfe is commonly felt. See Artkhy. 



Radialis Carpi Extenfor, Longior l^ Brevior. See 

 Carpi. 



Radialis Carpi Flexor. See Carpi. 



Radialis Extemus, Longior iif Brevior, fynonyms of 

 the cxtcnfores carpi radiales, longior & brevior. See 

 Carpi. 



Radialis Internus, a fynonym of the flexor carpi radi- 

 alis. Sec Carpi. 



Radialis Nervtis. The large nerve which goes behind 

 the humerus, between two heads of the triceps, is called 

 radial by fome anatomiits : others give this name to the 

 nerve which lies parallel to and over the brachial artery. 

 The tirll of thefe is called alfo the niufcular fpiral nerve, the 

 fecond the median. See Nhrve. 



Radialis Fena, the vein correfponding to the radial 

 artery. See Vein. 



RADIANT Heat. See Heat. 



Radiant Point, or Radiating Point, is any point of a 

 vifible objciil, whence rays proceed. 



Every radiant point dilFufes innumerable rays all round ; 

 but only thofe radiants are vifible, from which right hnes 

 may be drawn to the pupil ; becaufe tlie rays are all right 

 lines. 



All the rays proceeding from the fame radiant continually 

 diverge ; the cryllalline collects or reunites them again. 



RADIATED, in Botany, an epithet applied to round 

 flat flowers, confifting of a dillc, and a lingle row of 

 longifh pointed leaves, ranged all around it in manner of 

 rays, or fpokcs. 



Radiated flowers are properly fuch as have feveral femi- 

 florets fet round a diflc, fo as to refemble a radiant ftar: 

 fuch are daifies, chamoniile-flowers, fun-flowers, &c. Thefe 

 are fometimes alio called radiated difcous Jlo-wers. 



A radiated flower has two parts ; its middle part, which 

 13 called the dillv, and whieli is wholly made up of flofcules ; 

 and the other part, which is called the circle or border, 

 vvhich is wholly made up of femi-flofcules, or elfe of plain 

 flat leaves -, but that is Icfs common. The flofcules and 

 femi-flofcules both iifnally adhere to the embryos, and to 

 the thalamus of the flower, being contained in one general 

 cup. Thefe embryos finally ripen into feeds ; fometimes 

 furniflied with down, fometimes with fohaceons heads, and 

 fometimes without either, and lometimes marginated. Of 

 thefe feeds fome are wrapped round witli a kind of cafe or 

 capfule, others are feparated from one another by fmall per- 

 pendicular leaves. 



Radiated Leaf. See Leaf. 



The word is alfo uled in fpeaking of medals, and in 



heraldry. 



