Yashoda

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Yashoda is the loving foster mother of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered for her deep maternal devotion and prominent role in his childhood stories.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Yashoda canonical 13
Baby Yashoda 1
Krishna and Yashoda 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu mythological character ⓘ
mother figure ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Harivamsa ⓘ
various Krishna childhood legends ⓘ
associatedWith Bhakti (devotion) ⓘ
Gokula ⓘ
linked to: Gokul

Krishna ⓘ
Nanda ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ
child Balarama (in some traditions as foster child) ⓘ
linked to: Balarama

Krishna ⓘ
culturalRole ideal Hindu mother ⓘ
symbol of maternal love ⓘ
symbol of vatsalya bhava (parental devotion) ⓘ
depictedAs cowherd woman ⓘ
loving mother of the child Krishna ⓘ
devotionalAspect vatsalya rasa toward Krishna ⓘ
devotionalPractice remembering her as the ideal devotee-mother of Krishna ⓘ
era Dvapara Yuga (mythological time) ⓘ
linked to: Dvapara Yuga
ethnicGroup Yadava community (cowherd clan) ⓘ
linked to: Ahir community
gender female ⓘ
iconography shown churning butter with Krishna nearby ⓘ
shown holding baby Krishna ⓘ
knownFor maternal devotion to Krishna ⓘ
raising Krishna ⓘ
unconditional motherly love ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryTradition Sanskrit ⓘ
literaryTheme contrast between divine nature of Krishna and her human motherly ignorance ⓘ
power of love over fear of the divine ⓘ
mythologicalEvent butter-stealing episodes of Krishna ⓘ
seeing the universe in Krishna’s mouth ⓘ
tying Krishna to a mortar (Damodara episode) ⓘ
witness of Krishna’s childhood miracles ⓘ
nameVariant Yashodha ⓘ
linked to: Yashoda

Yasoda ⓘ
linked to: Yaśodharā
regionOfVeneration Braja region ⓘ
linked to: Braj region

North India ⓘ
linked to: northern India

Vrindavan area ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Gokula ⓘ
linked to: Gokul

Vrindavan ⓘ
role foster mother of Krishna ⓘ
mother of Krishna in his childhood stories ⓘ
spouse Nanda ⓘ
worshippedBy Vaishnavas ⓘ
linked to: Vaishnavism
worshippedIn Krishna temples ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna → fosterParents → Yashoda ⓘ
Devaki → notableEvent → Krishna was secretly taken from her to Gokul ⓘ
linked to: Yashoda
Nanda → spouse → Yashoda ⓘ
Nanda → depictedWith → Yashoda ⓘ
Yashoda → nameVariant → Yashodha ⓘ
linked to: Yashoda
Gokul → associatedPerson → Yashoda ⓘ
Yashoda → hasNameVariant → Yaśodā ⓘ
linked to: Yashoda
Nandgaon → associatedWithDeity → Yashoda ⓘ
Nanda Baba → spouse → Yashoda ⓘ
Nanda Baba → associatedWith → Yashoda ⓘ
Garga Samhita → mentions → Yashoda ⓘ
Needa → hasCastMember → Baby Yashoda ⓘ
linked to: Yashoda
Bala Krishna → fosterParent → Yashoda ⓘ
Krishna leela → emphasizesRelationship → Krishna and Yashoda ⓘ
linked to: Yashoda
Damodar → motherInPastime → Yashoda ⓘ
Damodar → boundBy → Yashoda ⓘ
Yasoda → variantSpellingOf → Yashoda ⓘ