Rati
Hindu · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Goddess of carnal love and pleasure, consort of Kamadeva
Domains
- desire
Powers
- Secure the promise of her husband's revival
Epithets
- कामप्रिया 'Beloved of Kāma (the god of desire)'Purāṇic Kāma narratives (Śiva Purāṇa, Matsya Purāṇa) (secondary)
- रति 'Pleasure / Erotic delight personified'Kumārasambhava (Kālidāsa); Purāṇic tradition (primary)
- अनङ्गपत्नी Wife of the Bodiless One (Kama)Shiva Purana; Kalika Purana (Kama-dahana) (primary)
Relations
- spouse: KamadevaGoddess of carnal pleasure, consort of Kamadeva; pleads for his revival after Shiva burns him.Kalika Purana 1-2; Matsya Purana 227 (Rati, consort of Kamadeva, laments his immolation by Shiva) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita (primary)