Jambavati

Jambavati

Jambavati (IAST IAST|jāmbavatī) is the only daughter of the king-bear Jambavana. Her story is told in the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana. She received the famous "Syamantaka Jewel" (Samanthakamani) as a gift from her father and she married to Lord Krishna and occupied the third most prominent position of his eight principal queens in Dwaraka.

Relationships

She was best known to be a very close and dear companion of Lord Krishna's first wife Rukmini and was always engaged in a cold war with Satyabhama.

Lord Krishna and Jambavati together had ten sons. They were- Samba, Sumitra, Purujit, Satyajit, Sahasrajit, Vijaya, Chitraketu, Vasuman, Dravida and Kratu. Lord Krishna was specifically very affectionate to the sons of Jambavati, especially towards the eldest one, Samba.

Connection to Krishna's Death

Jambavati has been indirect causeOr|date=May 2008 to Lord Krishna's death through her son, Samba.

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Literary Symbol

In Literature, Jambavati has been an epic-character in Bhagavat, and was prominently featured in the fight between Jambavantha and Lord Krishna's over the Samanthakamani.

Even the great ruler of the kingdom of Vijayanagara, Krishnadevaraya, wrote a book in Telugu called as "Jambavathi Parinayam", which describes the series of events and tales that took place, which eventually led to the wedding and romance of Lord Krishna and Jambavati.

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