Kṛshṇa (son of Asamauja)
Kṛshṇa, “the dark one”
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Kṛshṇa, son of Asamauja, is a Yādava, one of the three sons Andhaka gave to the sonless Asamauja of the line of Bhajamāna; with his brothers he was known as the Andhakas. He is not Śrī Kṛshṇa, the avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu, whose Syamantaka narrative the Brahma Purāṇa tells in the same chapter.
His lineage
The Brahma Purāṇa gives his line in its account of the Yadu vaṃśa. Bhadika had ten sons of fearsome valour, with Kṛtavarma the eldest and Śatadhanvā the middle one; among them was Devāntaka. Devāntaka’s son was the learned Kambalabarhisha, and Kambalabarhisha’s sons were Asamauja and Nāsameja.
Asamauja had no sons. So Andhaka gave him three sons: Sudaṃshṭra, Sucāru and Kṛshṇa. These sons given to Asamauja became known as the Andhakas.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16