Devaka

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. godly; divine
  2. heavenly; celestial
  3. a Yayāti king who was the son of the Yādava chief Ugrasena’s brother and the father of Devakī (M. Bh.); the father of Vidura’s wife (M. Bh.); son of Yudhişţhira through his wife Pauravī (M. Bh.); a son of Yādava chief Akrūra (Bg. Pur.) (fem: devakī).