Asiknī (Wife of Devamīḍha)

Asiknī · asiknī, “the dark one”

Asiknī has other meanings too: see all meanings of Asiknī.

Asiknī is the wife of the Yādava Devamīḍha and the mother of Śūra. Sūta tells the munis, in the Brahma Purāṇa, that Devamīḍha begot Śūra on Asiknī. On Bhojyā, Śūra begot ten heroic sons, and the first of them was Vasudeva, born with the name Ānakadundubhi.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14