Vasudeva
For the Kushan king, see Vasudeva I
Vasudeva (Sanskrit: ??????) in Hinduism was the son of Surasena, of the Yadava dynasty. His sister Kunti was married to Pandu.
He married Devaki, the sister of Kamsa, and he was the father of Krishna and his sister Subhadra by her. He also took a second wife, Rohini, who bore his eldest son, Balarama. According to some accounts he also had several other children by other wives.
The name Vasudeva, to be interpreted as 'descendant of Vasudeva', is another name for Krishna.
Vasudeva or Krishna in Buddhism
The story of Krishna occurs in the Jataka tales in Buddhism[1] in the Ghatapandita Jataka[2] as a prince and legendary conqueror and king of India.
In the Buddhist version, Krishna is called Vasudeva, Kanha and Keshava, and Balarama is his younger brother, Baladeva. These details match that of the story given in the Bhagavata Purana. Vasudeva, along with his nine other brothers (each son a powerful wrestler) and one elder sister (Anjana) capture all of Jambudvipa (many consider this to be India) after beheading their evil uncle, King Kamsa, and later all other kings of Jambudipa with his Sudarshana Chakra. Much of the story follows that given in the Bhagavata Purana in regards to the eventual defeat of Kamsa.
As depicted in the Mahabharata, all of the sons are eventually killed due to a curse of sage Kanhadipayana (Veda Vyasa, also known as Krishna Dwaipayana). Krishna himself is eventually speared by a hunter in the foot by mistake, leaving the sole survivor of their family being their sister, Añjanadevi of whom no further mention is made.
Since Jataka tales are given from the perspective of Buddha's previous lives (as well as the previous lives of many of Buddha's followers), Krishna appears as one of the lives of Sariputra, one of Buddha's foremost disciples and the "Dhammasenapati" or "Chief General of the Dharma" and is usually shown being Buddha's "right hand man" in Buddhist art and iconography [3] The Bodhisattva, is born in this tale as one of his youngest brothers named Ghatapandita, and saves Krishna from the grief of losing his son.
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