[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1526 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1526](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1526) 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. - [Previous: c5.1525](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1525) - [Next: c5.1527](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1527) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1526](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1526) · Pramāṇa