Kaṅkā (daughter of Ugrasena)

Kaṅkā

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

Kaṅkā is a daughter of Ugrasena of the Kukura line of the Yādavas, and a younger sister of Kaṃsa. She is named last of Ugrasena’s five daughters. Her brother Kaṅka bears the same name.

The Purāṇa tells that Āhuka, son of Abhijit, had by Kāśyapī two sons, Devaka and Ugrasena. Ugrasena had nine sons: Kaṃsa, Nyagrodha, Sunāma, Kaṅka, Subhūshaṇa, Rāshṭrapāla, Sutanu, Anāvṛshṭi and Pushṭimant. Their five younger sisters were Kaṃsā, Kaṃsavatī, Sutanu, Rāshṭrapālī and Kaṅkā.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15