By Jit Majumdar
- godly; divine
- heavenly; celestial
- 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).