A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1526
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1526
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ROHINĪ. 1. Daughter of Kasyapa and Surabhi, and mother of horned cattle, including Kāma-dhenu, the cow which grants desires. 2. Daughter of Daksha and fourth of the lunar asterisms, the favourite wife of the moon. 3. One of the wives of Vasu-deva, the father of Krishna and mother of Bala-rāma. She was burned with her husband’s corpse at Dwārakā. 4. Krishna himself also had a wife so called, and the name is common.