Devaki

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Devaki is a revered figure in Hindu mythology best known as the mother of Lord Krishna.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Devaki canonical 4
Vasudeva's unnamed sister 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu mythological figure
mother of a deity
associatedDeity Krishna
Vishnu
associatedPlace Mathura
Yadava kingdom
associatedWith Bhagavata Purana
Mahabharata
Mathura
Yadava
surface form: Yadava clan
category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana
Characters in the Mahabharata
Mothers of Hindu deities
child Narayana
surface form: Aniruddha (in some traditions)

Balarama
Krishna
Narayana
surface form: Pradyumna (in some traditions)

Balarama
surface form: Sankarshana (Balarama)

six elder sons killed by Kamsa
culture Indian
gender female
imprisonedIn Mathura prison of Kamsa
imprisonedWith Krishna
surface form: Vasudeva
knownFor being the mother of Balarama (in some traditions)
being the mother of Krishna
languageOfName Sanskrit
marriageEvent married to Vasudeva in Mathura
mythologicalEra Dvapara Yuga
notableEvent Yashoda
surface form: Krishna was secretly taken from her to Gokul

gave birth to Krishna in prison
witnessed killing of her first six sons by Kamsa
parent Devaka
persecutedBy Kamsa
prophecyAbout her eighth son would kill Kamsa
religion Hinduism
roleInMythology central figure in Krishna’s birth narrative
scripturalSource Bhagavata Purana
Harivamsa
Vishnu Purana
sibling Kamsa
brother Kamsa (maternal relation in some accounts)
spouse Krishna
surface form: Vasudeva
veneratedAs mother of God (in Vaishnavism)
worshippedIn Vaishnavism

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna parents Devaki
Jambavati inLaw Devaki
Yadava hasNotableMember Devaki
Kunti sister Devaki
this entity surface form: Vasudeva's unnamed sister
Balarama stepParent Devaki