Jāmbavatī
Sign in to saveJambavati () is chronologically the second Ashtabharya of the Hindu god Krishna. She is the only daughter of the bear-king Jambavan. Krishna marries her when he defeats her father, Jambavan, in his quest to retrieve the stolen Syamantaka jewel.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.image
- Mysore painting.jpg
- Deity.consort
- Krishna
- Deity.caption
- Jambavati and the other Ashtabharya of Krishna, Mysore painting.
- Deity.children
- Samba, Sumitra, Purujit, Shatajit, Sahasrajit, Vijaya, Chitraketu, Vasuman, Dravida, and Kratu
- Deity.other_names
- Narendraputri, Rohini
- Deity.abodes
- Dvaraka
- Deity.affiliation
- Devi, Ashtabharya, Lakshmi, Rohini
- Deity.texts
- Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata, Harivamsa, Srimad Bhagavatam
- Deity.dynasty
- Yaduvamsha (by marriage)
- Deity.father
- Jambavan
- Deity.member_of
- Ashtabharya
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Legend
- Marriage to Krishna
- Birth of Samba
- Children
- Death
- In popular culture
- References
Jambavati () is chronologically the second Ashtabharya of the Hindu god Krishna. She is the only daughter of the bear-king Jambavan. Krishna marries her when he defeats her father, Jambavan, in his quest to retrieve the stolen Syamantaka jewel.
==Nomenclature== thumb|An artistic depiction of the wedding of Jambavati, where she is shown as a human-bear.|260x260px Jambavati, a patronymic, means daughter of Jambavan. Sridhara, a commentator on the Bhagavata Purana, identifies her with Krishna's wife Rohini. However, another commentator, Ratnagarbha, disagrees. The Harivamsa also suggests that Rohini may be an alternate name of Jambavati. Jambavati is also given the epithets Narendraputri and Kapindraputra.
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