The Vrishnis (Sanskrit: वृष्णि, Hindi: भेड़, English: Sheep, IAST: Vṛṣṇi) were an ancient Vedic Indian Gadariya (Shepherd) clan, also known as the Vrishnipala...
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Vrishni heroes The Vrishni heroes (IAST: Vṛṣṇi Viras), also referred to as Pancha-viras (IAST: Pañca vīras, "Five heroes"), are a group of five legendary...
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belonging to the Vrishni clan to which Krishna also belonged. According to the Puranas, he was the grandson of Shini of the Vrishni clan, and son of Satyaka...
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Yadava (section The Vrishnis)
The community was formed of various clans, being the Abhira, Andhaka, Vrishni, and Satvatas, who all worshipped Krishna. They are listed in ancient Indian...
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Prithushrava Vrishni I was a Yadava king whose dynasty was called as Vrshni Dynasty. Vrishni I was a great Yadava king. His descendants were the Vrishni Yadavas...
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avatar, an avatar of Vishnu. He is a member of the chatur-vyuha, the four Vrishni heroes. Anirudha was born to Pradyumna and Rukmavati. He was the grandson...
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In the 1st century BC, there seems to be evidence for a worship of five Vrishni heroes (Balarama, Krishna, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, and Samba), due to the...
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doctrine" (Vyūhavāda) developed out of the earlier Vīravāda cult of the Vrishni heroes, in which the five heroes Saṃkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, Samba...
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Vasudeva Anakadundubhi, king of the Vrishnis in the region of Mathura. He was a leading member of the legendary Vrishni heroes, and may well have been a...
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Subhadra's guards unsuccessfully attempted to stop them, the Yadavas, the Vrishnis, and the Andhakas held a meeting to discuss the matter. After Krishna comforted...
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