Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.576

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Devakī-putra, ‘son of Devakī,’ is the metronymic of Kṛṣṇa in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.¹ According to the Epic,² a Devaka was father of Devakī, Kṛṣṇa’s mother; the St. Petersburg Dictionary suggests that he was the ‘king of the Gandharvas’, also referred to in the Epic.³