[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s18.576 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.576 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.576 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.576](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.576) 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 - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.575) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.577](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.577) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.576](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.576) · Pramāṇa