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After the end of the great Kurukshetra War, Gandhari confronted Krishna, a meeting described in the Stri Parva.In anger and grief over the death of her hundred sons, her brothers, and of other members of her clan, Gandhari cursed Krishna that his Yadava kinsmen [7] [9] too would die in a fratricidal strife.
Krishna (IAST: Kṛṣṇa, r. c. 1246–1261 CE), also known as Kanha or Kannara, was a ruler of the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty of Deccan region in India. He successfully invaded the Paramara kingdom of Malwa , and fought inconclusive wars against the Vaghelas and the Hoysalas .
The most well-known musical composition of Narayana Teertha, the 17th century Carnatic music composer, is a Sanskrit opera called the Sri Krishna Leela Tarangini. [1] [2] It is believed Lord Krishna danced [3] to the Tharangams. It is an opera suitable for dramatic dance and it has been adapted by Kuchipudi dancers over the last two centuries.
Krishnaism is a term used in scholarly circles to describe large group of independent Hindu traditions—sampradayas related to Vaishnavism—that center on the devotion to Krishna as Svayam Bhagavan, Ishvara, Para Brahman, who is the source of all reality, not simply an avatar of Vishnu.
Jayadeva was an 11th-century Sanskrit poet and lyricist from present-day India. The works of Jayadeva have had a profound influence on Indian culture. They form the basis of the east Indian classical dance form, Odissi as well as traditional classical music of the state, Odissi music and have strongly influenced the Bharatanatyam classical dance as well as Carnatic music.
This fight among Yadava is also attributed to a curse from Gandhari, mother of Duryodhana to Krishna. But the help Krishna extended to the Pandava Yudhishthira, paid off. When the rule of Yudhishthira ended, he established the Yadava prince Vajra on the throne of Dvaraka along with the Kuru prince Parikshit, at Hastinapura.
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 of Devaki would kill him.
The Yadava (lit. ' descended from Yadu ' ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] were an ancient Indian people who believed to be descended from Yadu , a legendary king of Chandravamsha lineage. The community was formed of various clans , being the Satvatas , Andhakas , Bhojas , Kukuras , Vrishni , Surasenas , and Abhira who all worshipped Krishna .