Baḍabā, Attendant of Vasudeva

Baḍabā (attendant of Vasudeva)

Baḍabā · baḍabā, “the mare”

Baḍabā is one of the two attendants (paricārikās) of Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi, the father of Śrī Kṛshṇa. The other is Sutanu.

The Sūta tells the munis that Vasudeva had fourteen wives: Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Madirā, Ādi, Vaiśākhī, Bhadrā, Sunāmnī, Sahadevā, Śāntidevā, Śrīdevī, Devarakshitā, Vṛkadevī, Upadevī and Devakī. He had also two attendants, Sutanu and Baḍabā.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14

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