Devarakshitā
Devarakshitā · deva-rakshitā, “protected by the devas”
Devarakshitā is one of the seven daughters of Devaka, the son of Āhuka, and one of the wives of Vasudeva. Her sister Devakī was also given to Vasudeva.
Daughter of Devaka
Āhuka, in Kāśyapī, had two sons like sons of the devas, Devaka and Ugrasena. Devaka had four sons, Devavant, Upadeva, Sandeva and Devarakshita, and seven daughters, Devakī, Śāntidevā, Sudevā, Devarakshitā, Vṛkadevī, Upadevī and Sunāminī, all of whom he gave in marriage to Vasudeva. Ugrasena had nine sons, Kaṃsa first among them.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15
Wife of Vasudeva
The Sūta names Vasudeva‘s fourteen wives: Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Madirā, Ādi, Vaiśākhī, Bhadrā, Sunāmnī, Sahadevā, Śāntidevā, Śrīdevī, Devarakshitā, Vṛkadevī, Upadevī and Devakī, with two attendants, Sutanu and Baḍabā.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14–15