Vasudeva
VASUDEVA.
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology] Son
of Sura, or the Yadava branch of the Lunar race. He was father of Krishna
, and Kunti, the mother of the Pandava princes, was his sister. He married
seven daughters of Ahuka, and the youngest of them, Devaki, was the mother
of Krishna. After the death of Krishna and Balarama he also dies, and
four of his wives burnt themselves with his corpse. So says the Mahabharata,
but according to the Vishnu Purana he and Devaki and Rohini burnt themselves
at Dwaraka. He received the additional name of Anakadundubhi, because of the
gods, conscious that he was to be the putative father of the divine Krishna
, sounded the drums of heaven at his birth. He was also called Bhukasyapa and
Dundu, 'drum.'
ANAKADUNDUBHI
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology] 'Drums.'
A name of Vasudeva, who was so called because the drums of heaven resounded
at his birth.
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Modern
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