Devamīḍhusha

Devamīḍhusha

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

Devamīḍhusha, also called Devamīḍha, is a Yādava of the line of Kroshṭu, son of Yadu. He was the son of Kroshṭu by Mādrī, a friend even to his enemies, and the father of Śūra, so that Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi was his grandson.

His family

The Brahma Purāṇa tells that Kroshṭu‘s wives were Gāndhārī and Mādrī. Gāndhārī bore Anamitra, and Mādrī bore two sons, Yudhājit and Devamīḍhusha, and their line grew as the Vṛshṇi line in three branches. Devamīḍha begot Śūra on Asiknī, and Śūra begot ten heroic sons on Bhojyā, the first of them Vasudeva, called Ānakadundubhi.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14

The Purāṇa names Mādrī’s sons again as Yudhājit and Devamīḍhusha, and says that Devamīḍhusha was a friend even to his enemies.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16