Krishna's Lineage

by Simon Brodbeck

  and Sanjnyā 8.1, 10–14, 29–34, 45;

  and Kasheru 91.7;

  as Vishvakarman 93.38, 51, 57;

  as demon 33.18;

  see also Vishvakarman

  Uchaihshravas (uccaiḥśravas) 4.8

  Uddhava son of Devabhāga 24.25

  Uddhava son of Nahusha 22.1

  Ugra 31.70

  Ugrasena son of Āhuka 27.25–30;

  daughter of 24.11, 28.42;

  in battle 81.96, 82.2;

  and Dvārakā 84.29, 85.67, 86.8, 76;

  and Indra 91.30, 113.62–64;

  and Kamsa’s birth 44.61, 66.7, 19, 73.9–37;

  mistreated by Kamsa 80.4–5, 96.26–28, 50–52;

  as father of Kanka 87.46;

  kidnapped 109.28;

  rethroned by Krishna 68.33, 78.1–47, 80.6, 83.11;

  on Krishna’s return from Prāgjyotisha 94.14–18, 95.5–17;

  as king in Mathurā 44.60, 79.26, 40;

  wives of 73.10–37, 77.38–58, 94.15, 96.7;

  and women collected by Naraka 94.26;

  and Vasudeva 65.46, 80.5, 96.28, 51;

  son of, see Kamsa

  Ugrasena son of Parikshit 23.110

  Ugravyagra 31.70

  Ugrāyudha 15.28–65

  Ujjānaka 9.52

  Ulmuka 98.20, 113.62

  Ulūka 81.44

  Ulūkī, see Kākī

  Umā 13.15–21;

  and Shiva 3.63, 13.21, 107.1–12;

  and Ushā 107.9–20, 40–46, 55;

  and Bāna 112.98

  Unmukha 16.23

  Upabāhyakā 27.3–5

  Upadānavī with horse’s head 3.71

  Upadānavī wife of Suraugha 23.46–47

  Upadeva son of Akrūra 24.11, 28.42

  Upadeva son of Devaka 27.26

  Upadevī 27.27

  Upadisha (upadiśa) 87.21

  Upamadgu 24.9

  Upāsanga (upāsaṅga) 28.39, 98.17–18

  Upasvāvat 28.33

  Upeksha (upekṣa) 24.9, 28.39

  Upendra 62.44;

  see Krishna Vāsudeva

  Ūrdhvabāhu 7.22

  Ūrjas 7.17

  Ūru 2.17–18, 7.29

  Ūrva (aurva, ūrva) 35.23–73

  Urvashī (urvaśī) 20.44, 21.4–10

  Ushā (uṣā) 107.9–84;

  with Aniruddha 108.8–17, 109.72, 113.5

  Ushadratha (uṣadratha) 23.26

  Ushanas (uśanas) 2.12, 43.5, 93.28;

  wife of 13.52;

  daughter of 22.3;

  and demons 20.31–36, 34.51, 65.39;

  as Vishnu 32.4

  Ushat (uśat, uśata) 26.6–7

  Ushīnara (uśīnara) 23.20–22

  Utkala 9.15–16

  Uttamaujas 81.45

  Uttānapāda 2.5–9

  Uttanka (uttaṅka) 9.50–77

  Vāch (vāc) 2.8

  Vadhryashva (vadhryaśva) 23.99

  Vāgdushta (vāgduṣṭa) 16.4

  Vahni 23.123

  Vaibhrāja Forest 18.12

  Vaibhrāja Lake 18.12

  Vaighasa 16.19

  Vaijayanta 93.54–55, 103.14

  Vaikuntha (vaikuṇṭha) 32.1, 38.9;

  see Vishnu

  Vainya, see Prithu son of Vena

  Vairāja the cosmic person 1.39, 2.5;

  see also Āpava

  Vairāja (vairāja, virāja) the patriarch 2.16, 4.11, 13.8

  Vairājas 13.8

  Vaishākha (vaiśākha) 107.15, 19, 41

  Vaishampāyana (vaiśaṃpāyana) 1.6–113.83, 115.1

  Vaishravana (vaiśravaṇa), see Kubera

  Vaishvānara (vaiśvānara) 3.69, 72

  Vaitandya (vaitaṇḍya) 3.33

  Vaitarana (vaitaraṇa) 28.6, 65.9

  Vaivasvata, see Manu Vaivasvata, Yama

  Vājasaneya 116.13

  Vājin 7.45

  Vajra son of Aniruddha 98.24–25

  Vajra son of Upāsanga 98.17–18

  Vajranābha 3.68

  Vālin 31.121

  Vāmadeva 81.45

  Vāmana son of Danu 3.66

  Vāmana the snake 3.89

  Vanastamba 98.17

  Vanāyus 21.10

  Vaneyu 23.7

  Vanga (vaṅga) 23.29

  Vangas 23.32, 87.50, 117.29;

  king of 80.12, 87.27, 69–70, 97.15

  Vapushtamā (vapuṣṭamā) 114.2, 118.11–41

  Varāha 31.72, 33.16, 37.6;

  as Chānūra 44.73

  Vārānasī (vārāṇasī) 23.58–60, 68, 97.11;

  see also Kāshi

  Vāranāvata (vāraṇāvata) 29.6

  Varchas (varcas) 3.34

  Varīdāsa 23.148

  Varishtha (variṣṭha) 31.75

  Varīvat 7.45

  Varshaketu (varṣaketu) 23.69–70

  Varuna (varuṇa) 3.51;

  and divine plan 43.3, 68, 44.4;

  and Hiranyakashipu 31.45;

  and Kamsa 77.28;

  and Krishna 97.13, 105.10, 113.17–44;

  and Mitra 9.3–12, 96.10;

  and ocean 4.3, 34.12–15, 48, 37.48, 97.33, 113.11–16;

  and parasol 92.6, 18;

  as ritual host 3.95, 45.20–31, 115.17;

  before war over Tārakā 34.12–18, 48;

  during war 35.22–74, 36.1–26, 37.18, 48;

  after war 38.68

  Vasāti 9.41

  Vāsava, see Indra

  Vasishtha (vasiṣṭha): and Arjuna Kārtavīrya 23.151–55;

  as creator 1.36–39;

  and Sagara 10.39–45;

  and Satyavrata 9.93, 10.4–20;

  as seer 1.29, 7.7, 30, 12.14;

  and Sudyumna 9.19;

  and Vikukshi 9.43;

  offspring of 7.11, 15, 13.51

  Vāsishthas (vāsiṣṭha), see Vasishtha, offspring of

  Vasu son of Āyu 22.13, 87.18–19;

  daughter of 13.26, 35, 40

  Vasu daughter of Daksha 3.26–27, 20.26

  Vasu gods 3.27–41, 4.3;

  born on earth 43.43–48, 44.3;

  and Brahmā 31.36;

  and divine plan 43.4;

  and Krishna 63.5, 113.46, 58, 77;

  and Manu era 7.32;

  missile of 112.25;

  and Shonitapura 107.52;

  in simile 65.97;

  in war over Tārakā 34.2;

  and Vishnu 31.58

  Vasu son of Manu Sāvarna 7.45

  Vasu son of Manu son of the self-born 7.9–10

  Vasu son of Taittiri 27.17

  Vasudeva 24.14–17;

  and son Kaushika 24.28;

  and son Jaras 98.23;

  and Rohinī 25.1–3, 48.5, 49.1, 30;

  and Devakī 25.4;

  other wives and sons 25.6–8, 27.26–27;

  in combat 82.2;

  and cowherds 49.2–13, 63.5;

  in Dvārakā 94.14, 26, 113.62–64;

  at home with sons 79.38–39, 83.57;

  watched by Kamsa 47.5;

  attacked by Kamsa at meeting 65.8, 46–81, 96–99, 66.1;

  defended by Andhaka 66.11–38;

  harrassed by Kamsa 69.6–7, 16–25, 71.3–4, 80.5, 96.50–51;

  Kamsa plans downfall of 73.5;

  Kamsa orders death of 76.21;

  and Kashyapa 45.34–36, 45;

  reunion with Krishna in Mathurā 69.5, 18, 71.3, 76.12, 42–46;

  reunion with Krishna in Dvārakā 95.4, 10;

  leaving Mathurā 84.15–17;

  retainers of 28.27;

  and sister Shrutashravā 87.20;

  switches babies 48.18–22, 65.50, 96.28;

  and Ugrasena 80.5, 96.28, 51;

  Vishnu born in family of 30.3, 31.11, 43.77, 45.49, 91.21, 113.71–72;

  son of, see Baladeva, Krishna Vāsudeva

  Vāsudeva 65.59–60;

  see Krishna Vāsudeva;

  see also Baladeva

  Vāsuki 3.87, 4.7, 70.22–24

  V
ātapati 28.33

  Vātāpi 3.77, 31.76

  Vatsa son of Pratardana 23.62, 71

  Vatsa son of Senajit 15.17

  Vatsas 18.16, 23.71;

  see also Kandarīka

  Vatsavat (vatsavat, vatsāvat) 24.18, 28

  Vāyu the demon 31.74

  Vāyu the god 3.32, 35;

  in war over Tārakā 34.27–30, 36.32–47, 37.18;

  and assembly hall 42.12, 86.63–73;

  and foetus 30.46–48;

  as teacher 7.11, 21, 92.32;

  and Bhīma 24.23, 43.4, 44.2, 62.92;

  and Kālanemi 37.54;

  and Madhu and Kaitabha 42.16–17

  Vedabāhu 7.22

  Vedashiras (vedaśiras) 7.22

  Vegavat 31.70

  Vena 2.19–20, 4.22, 5.2–24;

  son of, see Prithu

  Venudāri (veṇudāri): at Mathurā 80.12, 81.40, 104;

  and Krishna 87.6, 88.4, 11–13, 97.20;

  and Baladeva 89.17

  Venuhaya (veṇuhaya) 23.135

  Venumat (veṇumat) 93.16, 20, 109.35

  Vibhāndaka (vibhāṇḍaka) 23.39

  Vibhrāja 15.22–23, 16.34–37, 18.1–12;

  as Vishvaksena 15.25, 19.1

  Vibhu 23.70

  Vichakra (vicakra) 105.8

  Vichitravīrya (vicitravīrya) 13.37–38, 23.119–20, 43.49–50;

  and Bhīshma 15.45

  Vidarbha: the man 26.18–20, 87.9;

  country and people of 26.26, 87.9, 26, 88.32, 89.13;

  king of 81.40;

  see also Bhadravatī, Rukmavatī, Shubhāngī

  Videhas 26.12, 80.13

  Vidishā (vidiśā) 81.45

  Vidrāvana (vidrāvaṇa) 3.69

  Vidura 23.120

  Vidūratha son of Bhajamāna 28.1;

  in battle 81.99, 87.46, 63–64

  Vidūratha ally of Jarāsandha 81.42

  Vidūratha son of Suratha 23.111–12

  Vidvas 18.25

  Vijaya 25.7

  Vijayā 112.98;

  see Umā

  Vikadru 65.9, 86.76

  Vikarna (vikarṇa) 23.40

  Vikshara (vikṣara) 31.74

  Vikshobhana (vikṣobhaṇa) 3.67

  Vikukshi (vikukṣi) 9.38–44

  Vilochana (vilocana) 16.23

  Vinatā 3.45, 84;

  son of, see Garuda

  Vinatāshva (vinatāśva) 9.15–16

  Vinda 81.41

  Vindhya 28.19, 82.18, 87.9;

  and Tumburas 5.19;

  and Sleep 47.48, 65.51–57

  Vipra 2.14

  Viprachitti (vipracitti) 3.65–70, 31.70;

  and wife Simhikā 3.58, 75–79;

  son of, see Shveta

  Viprithu (vipṛthu) 24.12, 28.43, 65.9;

  in combat 81.96, 87.45, 54–60;

  and Krishna 109.19–26;

  and Indra 113.62

  Vīra son of Grinjima 24.32

  Vīra son of Vairāja 2.5

  Virādha 31.119

  Virāj son of Kāmyā 2.6

  Virāj son of Vishnu 1.38–39

  Viraja Palace 93.52–53

  Virajā 13.60

  Virajas 7.26

  Vīrana (vīraṇa): daughter Pushkarinī 2.16;

  daughter Asiknī 3.5–9, 18, 23

  Vīrasena 10.78

  Virāta (virāṭa) 81.41

  Virochana (virocana) 3.60, 31.75, 106.27;

  in war over Tārakā 33.14, 38.67;

  as calf 6.26

  Virūpa 97.25

  Virūpāksha (virūpākṣa) 91.51

  Vishākha (viśākha) 3.36, 43.6

  Vishālā (viśālā) 21.6

  Vishnu (viṣṇu) son of Bhajamāna 27.4

  Vishnu the god 30.1–57, 39.1–6;

  and creation 1.18–30, 38–39, 3.110–11, 31.14–19, 32.7;

  and destruction 7.54;

  as Āditya 3.50, 4.3, 32.5–6, 38.20, 62.35, 92.53–56, 113.30;

  and Lakshmī 38.1;

  and Sleep 40.7–10, 26–34, 47.23–57, 48.10;

  and monsoon 40.23–25, 54.23, 59.56;

  discus of 8.45, 34.36, 38.12–13, 34–53, 112.103;

  names of 1.23–24, 32.1, 38.9;

  missile of 112.26–29, 113.23–27;

  helps Brahmadatta 19.10–15;

  boosts Kuvalāshva 9.59, 65–69;

  and Sagara 10.48–51, 63;

  and Sanatkumāra 12.11;

  at Soma’s rājasūya 20.24;

  manifestation as lotus 31.14–20, 38.18, 40.11, 42.15–33, 91.55;

  as boar 31.21–30, 42.34, 65.40;

  as man-lion 31.31–67, 38.19, 65.37;

  as dwarf 31.68–92, 38.20, 42.35, 62.82, 65.36, 68.25, 32–33, 106.26–28;

  as Datta 31.93–100;

  as Rāma Jāmadagnya 31.100–09;

  as Rāma son of Dasharatha 31.110–42, 65.43;

  as Krishna among Vrishnis 7.56, 22.44, 23.168, 31.143–47, 43.76–77, 105.6, 113.71–74;

  as Kalkin 31.148;

  with gods in war over Tārakā 32.12–33.1, 34.1, 50, 36.29–32, 37.18;

  and Garuda 34.45–47, 38.3–4, 32–35, 48, 42.5;

  and Maya 36.59;

  battle with Kālanemi 36.57, 38.2–80;

  in Brahmā’s heaven 39.17–29;

  in Nārāyana ashram 40.1–41.32;

  and Earth 42.31–38, 52–53;

  and divine plan 43.3, 75–77, 44.6–46.1, 62.16–18;

  birth and infancy 47.9–57, 48.8–9, 13–17, 50.3, 54.30;

  lifts Govardhana 61.29;

  recognised by Indra 62.4, 19–23;

  reclaims weapons 81.55–66;

  and Dvārakā 86.44, 91.1–2, 92.70, 93.9, 94.16;

  on Prāgjyotisha expedition 92.1, 33–34, 42, 65;

  and death of Krishna 97.36;

  face of 99.39;

  as marvel 30.56–57, 32.9, 38.80, 100.21–27, 78–83, 113.75;

  described by Akrūra 68.20–38, 70.26–27;

  by Kamsa 65.36–45;

  by Kumbhānda 106.23–29;

  by Nārada 46.15–18, 67.52–53, 96.25–97.41;

  by Vaishampāyana 31.1–32.9, 39.7–17, 42.1–5, 113.81;

  by Varuna 113.30–40;

  by Vishvakarman 86.23–25;

  see also Krishna Vāsudeva, Shesha

  Vishnuhara (viṣṇuhara) 26.21

  Vishnupada (viṣṇupada) 23.35

  Vishnuyashas (viṣṇuyaśas) 31.148

  Vishtarāshva (viṣṭarāśva) 9.45

  Vishva gods (viśva) 3.27;

  and Manu era 7.32;

  and Brahmā 31.36;

  and Vishnu 31.58;

  and divine plan 44.5;

  homes of 92.48

  Vishvā (viśvā) 3.26–27

  Vishvāchī (viśvācī) 22.34

  Vishvajit (viśvajit) son of Gādhi 23.85

  Vishvajit son of Satyajit 15.16

  Vishvakarman (viśvakarman) 3.39–41;

  and hall of the gods 42.9;

  and Dvārakā 86.20–53, 93.2–10, 22–67, 94.6–7, 21;

  see also Tvashtri

  Vishvakrit (viśvakṛt) 23.85

  Vishvaksena (viṣvaksena) son of Brahmadatta 15.24–26, 19.1, 23

  Vishvaksena son of Vasudeva 24.29;

  see Krishna Vāsudeva

  Vishvamahat (viśvamahat) 13.55

  Vishvāmitra (viśvāmitra) 7.30;

  and Satyavrata 9.96–99, 10.1–2, 15, 19–20;

  and Kaushika line 23.84–94;

  as teacher of Rāma 31.110, 113

  Vishvaratha (viśvaratha) 23.84

  Vishvarūpa (viśvarūpa) 3.42

  Vishvāvasu (viśvāvasu) 118.23–39

  Vitatha 23.52–53

  Vītihotras 23.159

  Vivasvat 8.1–48;

  and Manu eras 3.51, 7.26, 30–33;

  and war over Tārakā 34.20–22;

  lineage of 10.79–80;

  and ancestral rites 10.80, 11.1;

  children of, see Manu
Sāvarna, Manu Vaivasvata, Yama, Yamunā

  Vraja 2.28

  Vriddhasharman (vṛddhaśarman) son of Āyus 13.55, 21.11

  Vriddhasharman of the Kārūshas 24.21–22

  Vrijinīvat (vṛjinīvat) 26.1

  Vrika (vṛka) 10.23

  Vrikadeva (vṛkadeva) 25.7

  Vrikadevī (vṛkadevī) 25.7–8, 27.27

  Vrikadīpti (vṛkadīpti) 98.11

  Vrikala (vṛkala) 2.14

  Vrikanirvriti (vṛkanirvṛti) 98.11

  Vrikāshva (vṛkāśva) 98.11

  Vrikatejas (vṛkatejas) 2.14

  Vrikati (vṛkati) 26.22

  Vrindāvana (vṛndāvana): and Keshin 44.68, 49.10, 67.4, 48;

  cowherds move to 52.21–54.1;

  in monsoon 54.40;

  and Indra 61.3;

  and Yamunā 83.39–41

  Vrisha (vṛṣa) 23.161

  Vrishākapi (vṛṣākapi) 3.43

  Vrishana (vṛṣaṇa) 23.161–62

  Vrishaparvan (vṛṣaparvan) 3.69–71, 22.3–4

  Vrishni (pṛśni, vṛṣṇi): son of Satvat 27.2, 28.36;

  son of Yudhājit 24.3, 28.36

  Vrishnis 1.5, 1.9–13, 30.55;

  lineage of promised 1.6, 22, 7.56, 13.49, 19.35, 22.44, 23.2;

  descend from Vrishana 23.162;

  descend from Bhīma 87.11;

  triple lineage of 24.2, 35;

  Vishnu born among 7.56, 22.44, 23.168, 30.55, 113.71–74;

  many gods born among 43.72;

  Krishna born among 48.12, 87.40, 91.21;

  Gārgya as guru of 85.7;

  and King Kamsa 66.5, 78.46, 96.27;

  and King Ugrasena 80.6, 95.9;

  and Jarāsandha 25.15, 81.1, 84.10–13, 85.27, 87.23–24;

  and Kālayavana 25.13–14, 84.10–13, 85.11–16, 24–26;

  and Shishupāla 87.23;

  in battle at Mathurā 81.95, 82.1–3, 22–30;

  in battle at Kundina 87.44–51;

  travel west 84.19;

  in Dvārakā 9.26, 85.36, 93.28, 94.22;

  in hall at Dvārakā 91.25, 95.17, 96.4, 24;

  and Syamantaka 28.13–17, 29.22, 29;

  trips to Vidarbha 87.29, 88.29, 34, 89.13–16, 51–53;

  visited by Indra 91.29–30;

  and Naraka’s treasure 92.10–16, 95.6, 96.4, 97.43;

  triumph of 95.7;

  and Arjuna 101.6, 101.17–102.18, 104.1–2;

  and Ekānamshā 96.13;

  and Pradyumna 99.17–24, 38–40;

  and Sāmba 100.2;

  see also Anamitra, Aniruddha, Chārudeshna, Krishna son of Vasudeva, Pradyumna

  Vritra (vṛtra) 31.75, 32.10;

  and Indra 61.61, 82.5, 86.4

  Vyāsa 13.36;

  as author 97.41, 118.1–4, 43–51;

  as authority 6.29;

  disciple of 1.6, 115.1;

  as genitor 13.45, 23.120;

  dialogue with Janamejaya 115.7–118.7, 118.42;

  and Manu era 7.43

  Vyanga (vyaṅga) 3.77

  Vyoman 26.22

  Wind, see Vāyu

  Yādavas 23.161–62;

  split of 65.19, 82;

  decline of 65.70, 79–81, 66.9, 18, 36, 68.28;

  Krishna as credit to 105.18;