Editing Radha (section)

== In Shaktism ==
In [[Shaktism]] section of [[Hinduism]], Radha becomes an independent goddess ''[[Prakṛti|Prakriti]]''-''Padmini'', who is the form of goddess [[Tripura Sundari]] while her consort [[Krishna]] is associated with the masculine form of goddess [[Kali]]. Tantric text ''[[Radha Tantra]]'', portrayed Radha as the ''[[Shakti|Shakta Radha]]'' who is also the spiritual mentor of Krishna.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Broo |first=Mans |url=http://archive.org/details/the-radha-tantra-a-critical-edition-and-annotated-translation-9781138892361-113889236x |title=Rādhā Tantra: A critical edition and annotated translation |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2017 |pages=1–2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Frazier |first=Jessica |title=Becoming the Goddess: Female Subjectivity and the Passion of the Goddess Radha |date=2010 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6833-1_13 |work=New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate |pages=199–215 |editor-last=Anderson |editor-first=Pamela Sue |access-date=2023-07-01 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-6833-1_13 |isbn=978-1-4020-6833-1|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Manring |first=Rebecca J. |title=Rādhātantram: Rādhā as Guru in the Service of the Great Goddess |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11407-019-09264-1 |journal=[[International Journal of Hindu Studies]] |year=2019 |language=en |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=259–282 |doi=10.1007/s11407-019-09264-1 |s2cid=213054011 |issn=1022-4556|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Beck |first=Guy L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0XqbG0LKBUC&dq=radha+tantra&pg=PA19 |title=Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity |date=2012-02-01 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-8341-1 |pages=19–25 |language=en}}</ref> In Shaktism, the ''[[Ashtasakhi]]s'' of Radha Krishna are considered as the embodiment of the ''[[Ashta siddhi|Ashta Siddhis]]'' which are Aṇimā, Mahima, Garima, Laghima, Prāpti, Prākāmya, Iṣiṭva, and Vaśitva.<ref>{{Citation |title=Tantra and some Śaiva Thinkers |date=2015 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781474243063.0022 |work=An Introduction to Indian Philosophy |access-date=2023-07-06 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|doi=10.5040/9781474243063.0022 |isbn=978-1-4725-2476-8 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>