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'radiant', IAST: Rukmiṇī) is a Hindu goddess and the first queen of Krishna. [7] [8] [9] She is described as the chief of Krishna's wives in Dvārakā. [10] [11] [12] Rukmini is revered as the avatar of Lakshmi and is venerated primarily in Warkari, [13] and Haridasa tradition, [citation needed] and additionally in Sri Vaishnavism. [14]
Ashtabharya with Krishna - 19th Century Mysore painting depicting Krishna with his eight principal consorts.. The Ashtabharya (Sanskrit: अष्टभार्या, romanized: Aṣṭabhāryā) or Ashta-bharya(s) is the group of eight principal queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, the king of Dvaraka, Saurashtra [1] in the Dvapara Yuga (epoch).
Rohini and Krishna are described to have unspecified number of sons, out of which only Diptiman and Tamratapta are named. [4] Many commentaries and translations of the scripture regard Rohini to be the chief of the 16,000 non-principal wives - who were kidnapped by the demon Narakasura and were rescued by Krishna after killing the demon - and ...
Besides the Ashtabharya (Eight principal queens of Krishna), [1] [2] Krishna is described to have married several thousand women, he rescued from the demon Narakasura.The Bhagavata Purana and the Mahabharata state that 16,000 women were rescued, however the Vishnu Purana and the Harivamsa (appendix of the Mahabharata) differ and set the number as 16,100.
Devaki's seventh son was transferred from her womb to that of Vasudeva's first wife, Rohini, who was born as Balarama. [15] When Devaki gave birth to Krishna, the prison where they were held became filled with celestial light, and the guards fell into a deep sleep.
She approached Krishna to find a solution and to be blessed with a son like the handsome Pradyumna, Krishna's first-born son from his chief wife Rukmini. Then Krishna went to the hermitage of the sage Upamanyu in the Himalayas and as advised by the sage, he started to pray to the god Shiva. He did penance for six months in various postures ...
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, Subhadra. [8]
When the king grants an audience to Krishna, he begs the god's forgiveness for this folly, upon which the latter agrees with his opinion, revealing that the bride was in fact Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. He assures the king that this was no sin on his part. Bhishmaka offers many exultations of Krishna before the god's departure. [7]