A consort of the Hindu god K a , one of the gop s . It is only in secular poetic sources, not religious ones, that R dhik (later mostly R dh ) was first described as K a's favourite gop and mistress. Apart from conventional episodes dealing with infatuation, love-making, jealousy, and quarrels of the lovers, nothing further is said about R dh till 12th cent. CE. The pur as