Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s2.1

v2.c27.s2.1

Krishna.—Hari, Krishna, familiarly Kanhaiya,¹ was of the celebrated tribe of Yadu, the founder of the fifty-six tribes² who obtained the universal sovereignty of India, and descended from Yayati, the third son³ of Swayambhuva Manu,⁴ or ‘The Man, Lord of the earth,’ whose daughter Ila⁵ (*Terra*) was espoused by Budha (Mercury), son of Chandra⁶ (the Moon), whence the Yadus are styled Chandravansi, or ‘children of the moon.’ Budha was therefore worshipped as the great [533] ancestor (*Pitrideva*) of the lunar race; and previous to the apotheosis of Krishna, was adored by all the Yadu race. The principal shrine of Budha was at Dwarka, where he still receives adoration as Budha Trivikrama.⁷ Kanhaiya lived towards the conclusion of the brazen age, calculated to have been about 1100 to 1200 years before Christ.⁸ He was born to the inheritance of Vraj,