Nanda (Hinduism)

Nanda
Nanda (right) watches Krishna being pushed on a swing.
TextsBhagavata Purana, Harivamsa, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata[1]
RegionGokulam
Genealogy
SpouseYashoda
ChildrenKrishna, Balarama (foster-children)
Yogamaya (biological daughter)
DynastyYaduvamsha-Chandravamsha

Nanda (Sanskrit: नन्द, IAST: Nanda) is a cow-herd chief,[2][3][4] and the foster-father of Krishna, featured in the Harivamsha and the Puranas.[5] Nanda is the son of Parjanya,[6][7] a ruler of the Vraja region,[8] who is a son of the Yadava king, Devamidha.[9] He is the chief of Gokulam,[10] which is one of the most powerful territories of the Yadava tribe.[11] He is sometimes referred to as a king.[12]

Nanda is the cousin of Vasudeva.[9][13][11][14] Vasudeva takes his newborn son, Krishna, to Nanda on the night of the child's birth, so that Nanda could raise him. The chief, who is married to Yashoda, brings up both Krishna, and his brother, Balarama. Krishna derives his epithet Nandanandana (son of Nanda) from him.[15][16]

  1. ^ Brahmavaivarta Purana Sri-Krishna Janma Khanda (Fourth Canto) Chapter 13.Verse 224 English translation by Shantilal Nagar Parimal Publications Link: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation
  2. ^ Bhatt, Dr G. P.; Gangadharan, N. (1 January 2013). The Agni-Purana Part 4: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 30. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 1137. ISBN 978-81-208-3897-0.
  3. ^ Books, Kausiki (12 July 2021). Bhagavatha Maha Purana 1st Skanda : English translation only without Slokas. Kausiki Books. p. 119.
  4. ^ Case, Margaret H. (20 April 2000). Seeing Krishna: The Religious World of a Brahman Family in Vrindaban. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-535153-8.
  5. ^ His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad. Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead- Chepter-5. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. ISBN 978-9171495587.
  6. ^ Swarup Das (1999). Śrī Śrī 84 Krosh Vrajamaṇḍala. Samir Debanth.
  7. ^ A. W. Entwistle (1987). Braj: Centre of Krishna Pilgrimage. E. Forsten. ISBN 978-90-6980-016-5.
  8. ^ Holdrege, Barbara A. (14 August 2015). Bhakti and Embodiment: Fashioning Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies in Krsna Bhakti. Routledge. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-317-66909-8.
  9. ^ a b Viśvanātha Cakravartī (2004). Sārārtha Darśini: Tenth Canto Commnetaries [of] Srimad Bhagavatam. Mahanidhi Swami.
  10. ^ Lach, Donald Frederick; Kley, Edwin J. Van (1993). South Asia. University of Chicago Press. p. 1052. ISBN 978-0-226-46754-2.
  11. ^ a b Gopal Chowdhary (2014). The Greatest Farce of History. Partridge Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 978-1482819250.
  12. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (16 July 2022). "Verse 5.14.7 [Garga Samhita]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  13. ^ Sanghi, Ashwin (2012). The Krishna key. Chennai: Westland. p. Key7. ISBN 9789381626689. Retrieved 9 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Lok Nath Soni (2000). The Cattle and the Stick: An Ethnographic Profile of the Raut of Chhattisgarh. Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Department of Culture, Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Department of Culture, 2000 Original from the University of Michigan. p. 16. ISBN 978-8185579573.
  15. ^ John Stratton Hawley (2014). At Play with Krishna: Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindaran. Princeton Legacy Library: Princeton University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-1400859122.
  16. ^ Charles Barnett (2014). Blazing Sadhus or Never Trust a Holy Man Who Can't Dance. Charles Barnett. pp. III. ISBN 978-1632958624.[permanent dead link]