Vraja

Vraja

Vraja is a name used for more than one person and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Vraja (son of Havirdhāna): one of the six sons of Havirdhāna and his wife Āgneyī, in the line of Pṛthu, a brother of Prācīnabarhi. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2

Places

• Gokula: Nanda‘s Vraja, the settlement of the cowherd families under Nanda near the Yamunā, where the infant Kṛshṇa was brought and spent his earliest years. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 3, Chapter 2; Skandha 9, Chapter 24; Skandha 10, Chapters 2–3, 5–9, 11–20, 22, 24–27, 29–31, 33–39, 42–47, 65, 82, 84; Skandha 12, Chapter 12; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janana Khaṇḍa, Chapters 2 and 7; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 59; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 12; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 55; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 181, 184–185, 187–188, 190–193, 197
• Vraja: one of the eighteen kingdoms of Bhāratavarsha, the sixth in the list. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Section 2