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Satrajit (Sanskrit: सत्राजित, romanized: Satrājita), also rendered Satrajita, is a Yadava king in Hinduism. [2] He had ten wives and three daughters named Satyabhama , Bratini, and Prasvapini who were all married to Krishna . [ 3 ]
Satyabhama was the daughter of Yadava King Satrajita, the royal treasurer of Dvaraka, who was the owner of the Syamantaka jewel. Satrajit, who secured the jewel from the sun-god Surya and would not part with it even when Krishna, the king of Dvaraka, asked for it saying it would be safe with him. Shortly thereafter, Prasena, the brother of ...
Seeing the god in an indistinct and fiery shape, Satrajita asked him to appear in a less blinding form, so that he could see him clearly. For this, the sun god took the Syamantaka jewel off his neck, and Satrajita saw him possessing a dwarfish stature, with a body like burnished copper, and with slightly reddish eyes.
Kritavarma is said to have encouraged, or in some accounts, participated in the theft of the legendary Syamantaka jewel from King Satrajit.Along with his friend Akrura, he is said to have caused Shatadhanva to murder Satrajit, and steal the jewel for himself.
Satyajit Ray's ancestry can be traced back for at least ten generations. [14] His family had acquired the name "Ray".Although they were Bengali Kayasthas, the Rays were "Vaishnavas" (worshippers of Vishnu), [14] as opposed to the majority of Bengali Kayasthas, who were "Shaktos" (worshippers of the Shakti or Shiva).
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Smṛti (Sanskrit: स्मृति, IAST: smṛti, transl. 'what is remembered'), also spelled smriti, smruti, is a body of Hindu texts representing the remembered, written tradition in Hinduism, [1] rooted in or inspired by the Vedas. [2]