Bhoja (Son of Vasudeva)

Bhoja

Bhoja has other meanings too: see all meanings of Bhoja. Bhojas has other meanings too: see all meanings of Bhojas.

Bhoja is a son of Vasudeva by his wife Śāntidevā, and the brother of Vijaya. He is not the country named Bhoja in the Vindhya region.

The Sūta tells the munis the progeny of Vasudeva. Vasudeva had fourteen wives: Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Madirā, Ādi, Vaiśākhī, Bhadrā, Sunāmnī, Sahadevā, Śāntidevā, Śrīdevī, Devarakshitā, Vṛkadevī, Upadevī and Devakī, and two attendants, Sutanu and Baḍabā. By Devakī, Śauri descended. Śāntidevā had two sons, Bhoja and Vijaya.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14