[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.133 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.133 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.133 - **Language:** English ### [c5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.133) ḌĀMODARA. Śrī Kṛṣṇa. When Śrī Kṛṣṇa was a small boy, Yaśodā tied him to a mortar-stone. The boy ran about, dragging the heavy stone with him and the rope snapped. Part of the rope still remained round his abdomen. From that he got the name Dāmodara. "Dama" means rope and "Udara" means abdomen. (See Kṛṣṇa). - [Previous: c5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.132) - [Next: c5.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.134) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.133) · Pramāṇa