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Devaki (Sanskrit: देवकी, IAST: Devakī) is a character in Hindu literature, most noted for being the mother of the god Krishna. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She is one of the seven daughters of Devapa or Devaka, a king of the Yadu dynasty , and has four brothers. [ 3 ]
Even though the deity is that of chaturbahu (four-handed) Vishnu, the sankalpam (concept) of the worshipers is that the deity is the infant form of Krishna. The deity represents the purna rupa (full manifestation) revealed by baby Krishna to his parents Vasudeva and Devaki immediately after his advent in Kamsa's jail. Hence, the deity ...
Krishna's divine birth. After killing Devaki's six sons, Kamsa grew more cautious. Devaki's seventh son was transferred from her womb to that of Vasudeva's first wife, Rohini, who was born as Balarama. [15] When Devaki gave birth to Krishna, the prison where they were held became filled with celestial light, and the guards fell into a deep sleep.
The eighth son of Devaki and Vasudeva, Krishna was born to fulfil the prophecy of slaying his tyrannical uncle and the king of Mathura, Kamsa.As soon as he was born in a prison with his parents, he asked his father to carry him to the region of Vraja, where he would spend his childhood among the cowherds, along with his brother, Balarama. [4]
In the story of Krishna the deity is the agent of conception and also the offspring. Because of his sympathy for the earth, the divine Vishnu himself descended into the womb of Devaki and was born as her son, Krishna. The Hindu Vishnu Purana relates: "Devaki bore in her womb the lotus-eyed deity...before the birth of Krishna, no one “could ...
Paramavatar Shri Krishna (English: Lord Krishna) is an Indian mythological television serial that aired on And TV from 19 June 2017 to 17 January 2020. It is based on the life of the Hindu deity Krishna , the eighth avatar of Vishnu .
Baby Krishna on a swing, depicted with his foster parents Nanda and Yashoda. In the Krishna Charitas, Krishna is born to Devaki and her husband, Vasudeva, of the Yadava clan in Mathura. [111] [page needed] Devaki's brother is a tyrant named Kamsa. At Devaki's wedding, according to Puranic legends, Kamsa is told by fortune tellers that a child ...
Imprisonment of Krishna's parents (Vasudeva Anakadundubhi and Devaki), the murder of His siblings, and attempted murder of baby Krishna by King Kamsa Fostering of Krishna and Balarama by Nanda and Yashoda ( Gopas , a tribe of cowherds); Yashoda saw the universal form in boy-Krishna's mouth