Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2788
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2788
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2) Kṛtavarman and Syamantaka. King Satrājit had in his possession the famous gem called Syamantaka. The King's brother Prasena, went for hunting with this jewel on him. A lion killed Prasena, and Jāmbavān killed the lion and got the gem. A scandal was circulated to the effect that Śrī Kṛṣṇa had stolen the gem. But, Kṛṣṇa got back the gem from Jāmbavān and handed it over to Satrājit, who in turn, gave his daughter Satyabhāmā in marriage to Kṛṣṇa. Though Satrājit wanted to give the gem—Syamantaka—to Kṛṣṇa as dowry, the latter did not accept it.