Junior wives of Krishna

Besides the Ashtabharya (Eight principal queens of Krishna),[1][2] Krishna is described to have married several thousand women, he rescued from the demon Narakasura. The Bhagavata Purana and the Mahabharata state that 16,000 women were rescued, however the Vishnu Purana and the Harivamsa (appendix of the Mahabharata) differ and set the number as 16,100.[3][4][5][6] Generally all of them are unnamed, however many commentators of the Bhagavata Purana regard Rohini to be their leader, though such an explicit mention is not found in the scripture.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ D Dennis Hudson (27 August 2008). The Body of God : An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram. Oxford University Press. pp. 263–4. ISBN 978-0-19-970902-1. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ Pattanaik, Devdutt (September 2000). The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-0-89281-807-5.
  3. ^ Prabhupada. "Bhagavata Purana 10.59.33". Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ^ Horace Hayman Wilson (1840). "Vishnu Purana".
  5. ^ Camille Bulcke; Dineśvara Prasāda (2010). Rāmakathā and Other Essays. Vani Prakashan. p. 183. ISBN 978-93-5000-107-3. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Williams2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Prabhupada. "Bhagavata Purana 10.61.18". Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014.
  8. ^ Swami Venkatesananda; Venkatesananda (Swami.) (1989). The Concise Śrīmad Bhāgavataṁ. SUNY Press. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-1-4384-2283-1. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  9. ^ Jagdish Lal Shastri; Arnold Kunst (1970). Ancient Indian tradition & mythology. Motilal Banarsidass. Retrieved 2 March 2013.