Harivamsa

E115108

Harivamsa is an important Sanskrit text traditionally considered an appendix to the Mahabharata, detailing the genealogy, birth, and early life of Krishna.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Harivamsa canonical 21
Harivamsa Parva 1
Harivamsa Purana 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture ⓘ
Itihasa-related text ⓘ
Sanskrit text ⓘ
appendix to the Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedDeity Krishna ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Harivamsa as continuation of the Mahabharata narrative ⓘ
associatedWithText Mahabharata ⓘ
attributedTo Vyasa ⓘ
surface form: Vyasa (tradition)
containsAccountOf Krishna’s childhood in Gokula and Vrindavan ⓘ
Krishna’s family lineage ⓘ
cosmogony and creation of the universe ⓘ
genealogy of the Yadavas ⓘ
stories of Balarama ⓘ
various avatars of Vishnu ⓘ
culturalRegion South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
describes ancestry of the Kuru and Yadu dynasties ⓘ
pilgrimage places associated with Krishna ⓘ
genre epic ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Harivamsa ⓘ
surface form: Harivamsa Purana

Khila of the Mahabharata ⓘ
hasPart Bhavishya Parva ⓘ
Harivamsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Harivamsa Parva

Vishnu Parva ⓘ
hasTitle Harivamsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Harivaṃśa
influenceOn Puranas ⓘ
surface form: Puranic accounts of Krishna

later Krishna-bhakti literature ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
literaryForm metrical verse ⓘ
mentions Dwarka ⓘ
Gokul ⓘ
surface form: Gokula

Mathura ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ
narrativeFocus life of Krishna before the events of the Mahabharata war ⓘ
partOf Mahabharata ⓘ
surface form: Mahabharata tradition
period composed after the core Mahabharata ⓘ
primaryTheme birth of Krishna ⓘ
cosmology and creation myths ⓘ
early life of Krishna ⓘ
genealogy of Krishna ⓘ
legends of the Vrishni and Yadava clans ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari (in most modern editions) ⓘ
structure divided into three main parvas ⓘ
textualRelation often printed as an appendix to critical editions of the Mahabharata ⓘ
tradition Vaishnavism ⓘ
traditionalClassification appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Janmashtami → linkedText → Harivamsa ⓘ
Mathura → isAssociatedWithEpic → Harivamsa ⓘ
Devaki → scripturalSource → Harivamsa ⓘ
Nanda → associatedText → Harivamsa ⓘ
Jambavati → describedIn → Harivamsa ⓘ
Yadava → mentionedInText → Harivamsa ⓘ
Sudarshana Chakra → mentionedIn → Harivamsa ⓘ
gopis → mentionedInText → Harivamsa ⓘ
subject surface form: Gopis
Dvapara Yuga → associatedWithEpic → Harivamsa ⓘ
Yashoda → appearsIn → Harivamsa ⓘ
Yadu dynasty → describedIn → Harivamsa ⓘ
Gokul → associatedWithText → Harivamsa ⓘ
Rukmini → textMention → Harivamsa ⓘ
Satyabhama → scripturalAppearance → Harivamsa ⓘ
Braj region → associatedWithText → Harivamsa ⓘ
Harivamsa → hasTitle → Harivamsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harivaṃśa
Harivamsa → hasAlternativeName → Harivamsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harivamsa Purana
Harivamsa → hasPart → Harivamsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harivamsa Parva
Narasimha → appearsInText → Harivamsa ⓘ
Parashurama → textMentionedIn → Harivamsa ⓘ
Balarama → scriptureMention → Harivamsa ⓘ