Sahadevā (wife of Vasudeva)

Sahadevā · saha-devā, “she who is with the devas”

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

Sahadevā is one of the fourteen wives of Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi, the father of Śrī Kṛshṇa. She is the eighth in the list of his wives. The Sūta names her to the munis in the line of Kroshṭu in the Brahma Purāṇa. She is not Sahadeva, the youngest of the Pāṇḍavas.

Wife of Vasudeva

Vasudeva had fourteen wives, born in the Puru vaṃśa: Pauravī, Rohiṇī, Madirā, Ādi, Vaiśākhī, Bhadrā, Sunāmnī, Sahadevā, Śāntidevā, Śrīdevī, Devarakshitā, Vṛkadevī, Upadevī and Devakī. He also had two attendants, Sutanu and Baḍabā. To Vasudeva by Devakī, Śauri, that is Śrī Kṛshṇa, descended.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14