Devaki
Hindu · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Mother of Krishna, imprisoned by her brother Kamsa
Children
Domains
- motherhood
- divine incarnation vessel
Powers
- Bears Vishnu incarnate as her eighth child despite Kamsa's slaughter of her offspring
Epithets
- देवकी Daughter of DevakaBhagavata Purana, Book 10 (primary)
Relations
- sibling: Kamsa
- spouse: VasudevaMother of Krishna, imprisoned by her brother Kamsa; wife of Vasudeva.Bhagavata Purana 10.1 (Vasudeva weds Devaki; their eighth son is Krishna) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Bhagavata Purana 10 (primary)