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Rohini gives birth to Balarama. [5] Krishna, the eighth child of Devaki, was exchanged with the daughter of Nanda and Yashoda in secrecy. Yashoda (foster-mother of Krishna) and Rohini play an important nurturing Krishna and Balarama in their childhood. [5] After Vasudeva is freed by Krishna and Balarama, Rohini gives birth to a daughter ...
A native of Anakapalli in Andhra Pradesh, Rohini spent all her childhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. [4] Her father, Appa Rao Naidu, was a panchayat officer and her mother, Radha, was a housewife. [5] Her father always wanted to become an actor, though he could not be an actor owing to various reasons; he encouraged Rohini to become an actress.
She is described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the wife of Nanda, the chieftain of Gokulam, and the sister of Rohini. According to the Bhagavata Purana , Krishna was born to Devaki , but Krishna's father, Vasudeva , brought the newborn Krishna to his cousin Nanda , and his wife, Yashoda, in Gokulam .
Rohini is a queen of the Hindu god Krishna, who is an avatar of the god Vishnu and the king of Dvaraka in the Dvapara Yuga (epoch). She is mentioned as a queen in the Hindu epic Mahabharata , the Vishnu Purana , the Bhagavata Purana , and the Harivamsa , an appendix of the Mahabharata .
Anuruddha was the son of Amitodana and brother to Mahanama and princess Rohini (Buddha's disciple). Since Amitodana was the brother of Suddhodana, king of the Sakyas in Kapilavastu, Anuruddha was cousin to Siddhartha, (Gautama Buddha). He was a kshatriya by birth, enabling him to be raised in wealth. Gautama Buddha returned to his home town two ...
Rohini (रोहिणी) is the goddess of stars in Hinduism [1] and the favorite consort of Chandra, the moon god. She is one of the 27 daughters of the prajapati Daksha and his wife Asikni . As "the red goddess" (also known as Rohini Devi ), she is the personification of the orange-red star Aldebaran , the brightest star in the Taurus ...
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 ...
Rohini Nilekani (born 1960) is an Indian writer, author and philanthropist. [1] She is the founder of Arghyam Foundation, a non-profit that focuses on water and sanitation issues, founded in 2001. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She also chairs the Akshara Foundation, which focuses on elementary education. [ 4 ]