Pradyumna

Pradyumna
An 18th-century Pahari painting of Pradyumna (right) battling with demon Shambara
AffiliationVaishnavism
AbodeDvaraka
TextsMahabharata, Srimad Bhagavatam, Harivamsa
Genealogy
Parents
SpouseMayavati
Rukmavati
Prabhavati[1]
ChildrenAniruddha
DynastyYaduvamsha
Vrishni heroes
Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE, Hyderabad State Museum
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Closeup of Vishnu, seated in the lotus position on a lotus. From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari, The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet.
Supreme deity
Vishnu / Krishna / Rama
Important deities
Dashavatara
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Teachers—acharyas
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Pradyumna, holding a bow and an arrow, in the Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE

Pradyumna (Sanskrit: प्रद्युम्न, lit. 'the eminently mighty one') [2] is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his chief consort, Rukmini.[3] He is considered to be one of the four vyuha avatars of Vishnu. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Pradyumna was the reincarnation of Kamadeva, the god of love. The Mahabharata states that Pradyumna was a portion of Sanat Kumara.[4]

The Harivamsa describes the chaturvyuha, consisisting of the Vrishni heroes Vāsudeva, Samkarsana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha, that would later be the basis for the Vaishnava concept of primary quadrupled expansion, or avatara.

Pradyumna is also another name of the Hindu god Vishnu, mentioned to be one of the 24 Keshava Namas (names).

  1. ^ "Story of Prabhāvatī". 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 55". bhagavata.org. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ Books 8-12: Krishna, spirit of delight. Vighneswara Publishing House. 1976. p. 740.
  4. ^ "Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 55".