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Vasudeva Takes the Infant Krishna Across the Yamuna River. Master at the Court of Mankot, c. 1700. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. Vasudeva (/ ˌ v ʌ s u ˈ d eɪ v ə /; Sanskrit: वसुदेव [ʋɐsudéːʋɐ]), also called Anakadundubhi (anakas and dundubhis both refer to drums, after the musicians who played these instruments at the time of his birth), [1] [2] is the ...
Vāsudeva later became known as Krishna, who is "Vāsudeva" (i.e. "the son of Vasudeva", i.e. Vasudeva Anakadundubhi), a king of the Vrishni clan in the region of Mathura. Vāsudeva, historically is believed to be part of the Vrishni or Satvata tribe, and according to them his followers called themselves Bhagavatas.
Nanda, identified as King Nanda in many scriptures [17] was a kinsman and a great friend of Vasudeva. [18] The fact that King Nanda and King Vasudeva were second cousins is confirmed both by the Bhagavata Purana, Book 10, and the Mahabharata. [19] [20] [21] Nanda requests a horoscope for Krishna. King Vasudeva married Devaki, the daughter of ...
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] She is one of the wives of Vasudeva. [4]
After Vasudeva is freed by Krishna and Balarama, Rohini gives birth to a daughter, Subhadra. [8] Pauravi, Rohini's sister gives birth to two sons Nandaka and Avagaha by Vasudeva In the epic Mahabharata , after the death of Vasudeva after the Yadava massacre, Rohini cremates herself on Vasudeva's pyre along with his other wives Devaki, Bhadra ...
According to the Brahmavaivarta Purana, Ekanamsha was the daughter of Nanda and Yashoda, who was taken away by Vasudeva. When Kamsa tried to kill her, she transformed into the goddess Yogamaya, also known by the epithet Durga. Though in other versions the baby girl is carried to the Vindhya mountains, in this text, she stays with Vasudeva and ...
In order to protect Krishna from Kamsa, Krishna and Yogamaya were born at the same time from the wombs of Devaki and Yashoda, respectively, and were exchanged by Vasudeva Anakadundubhi. Krishna survived and was raised as the foster-son of Yashoda. [4] Various childhood episodes or lilas, growing up in Yashoda's household, abound in Hindu texts. [5]
Vasudeva-hindi is the oldest surviving text of the Jain narrative literature. The Jain monk Sangha-dasa wrote it in archaic Maharashtri Prakrit language. [1] The author claims that the legend of Vasudeva was first told by Mahavira's pupil Sudharman to his disciple Jambu, and since then, the story was transmitted to the author through a series of teachers and disciples.