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Shurasena (Sanskrit: शूरसेन, IAST: Śūrasena) is a Yadava ruler of Mathura featured in Hindu mythology. He was married to a nāga (or serpent) woman named Marisha. She bore all of his children and was the cause for Vasuki 's boon to Bhima. [ 2 ]
The kingdom of Shurasena was the native kingdom of Yadava clans constituted by the Andhakas, Vrishnis, and Bhojas. By overthrowing Kamsa, Krishna re-established the old king Ugrasena on the throne and stabilized the kingdom from collapse due to factional fighting within the kingdom.
Balarama and Krishna being received at the court of the King Ugrasena at Mathura. Ugrasena (Sanskrit: उग्रसेन) is a character mentioned in the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. He is the King of Mathura, a kingdom that was established by the Vrishni tribes from the Yadavamsha clan. His son Kamsa was a cousin of Krishna's mother, Devaki.
[7] [8] The Buddhist texts refer to Avantiputta, the king of the Surasenas in the time of Maha Kachchana, one of the chief disciples of Gautama Buddha, who spread Buddhism in the Mathura region. [7] Its capital, Mathura, was situated on the bank of the river Yamuna, presently a sacred place for the Hindus. The ancient Greek writers mention ...
Shurasena was one of such states mentioned in the Anguttara Nikaya, a Buddhist text. The capital of the Shurasenas was Mathura, which was also known as Madura. [ 51 ] Megasthenes (c. 350 – 290 BCE) mentions that the Sourasenoi (Shurasenas), who lived in the Mathura region, worshipped Herakles , by which he may have meant Vasudeva Krishna ...
Kunti was a daughter of King Shurasena but was later given to Kuntibhoja since he was devoid of children. [52] Kuntibhoja raised her as his own daughter and loved her. [53] She was very beautiful and intelligent and later married Pandu. [54] When Kunti was a young girl, the sage Durvasa visited Kuntibhoja one day and sought his hospitality.
He was a king of the Vrishnis. [3] The son of the Yadava king Shurasena, he was also the second cousin of Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna. [4] [5] [6] His sister Kunti was married to Pandu. The patronymic Vāsudeva (with a pronounced ā) is a popular name of Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki.
They had sister named Mitravinda who married to lord Krishna. Vinda and Anuvinda fought for their friend Duryodhana's cause during Mahabharata war. King shurasena of the Yadu vansh had five daughters, Rajadhidevi being the youngest. King Jayasena of Avanti kingdom married Rajadhidevi and bore three children, Vinda, Anuvinda and Mitravinda.