Rākā
deity figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Goddess of the full moon associated with fertility.
may Rākā sew with her needle — she who is sovereign of what has come to be and of the world, the goddess.
Sinīvālī, Anumati, Rākā, Guṅgu, and Sarasvatī — the divine consorts of the gods, those goddesses — and Indrāṇī I invoke for protection.
I invoke Rākā, easy to call, with good praise;
Rigveda
Goddess of abundance and fecundity, invoked for prosperity and offspring.
I invoke Rākā, easy to call, with excellent praise;
She who is Guṅgū, she who is Sinīvāli, she who is Rākā, she who is Sarasvatī — I call upon Indrāṇī for help, and Varuṇānī for well-being.
O Rākā, those benevolent, well-formed thoughts of yours with which you bestow riches upon the worshipper — with those come to us today, O blessed one, well-disposed, granting thousandfold prosperity.