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Kardama

Kardama is a Prajāpati and mind-born son of Brahmā, son-in-law of Svāyambhuva Manu, who performed long austerity on the bank of Lake Bindu a…

Devahūti is the daughter of Svāyambhuva Manu and Śatarūpā, wife of the Prajāpati Kardama, and mother of the Lord Kapila. Her story in the th…

Dhruva is the son of Uttānapāda and grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu, whose story is a celebrated narrative of the fourth Skandha. Wounded by th…

Vena is the son of King Aṅga and grandson, through his mother Sunīthā, of Death; he appears in the fourth Skandha as the type of the wicked …

Yaśodā is the wife of Nanda and the foster-mother of Krishna in Gokula, whose affection is held in Vaiṣṇava devotion to be the model of the …

Nanda is the chief of the cowherds of Gokula, husband of Yaśodā and foster-father of Krishna; it was to his house that Vasudeva carried the …

Rukmini is the wife of Krishna and the mother of Pradyumna. At SB 3.1.28 Vidura, asking after Pradyumna's welfare, calls him 'yaM rukmiNI bh…

Vak was born from the mouth of Brahma at SB 3.12.26 and is called his slender daughter at 3.12.28. Brahma desired this daughter, who carried…