Akrura (Sanskrit: अक्रूर, romanized: Akrūra, lit. 'not cruel') is a Yadava prince in Hinduism, best known for being the uncle of the deity Krishna.[2] The son of Śvaphalka and Gandini, a daughter of the king of Kashi,[3] he is instructed by Kamsa to drive his nephews, Krishna and Balarama, to a Dhanuryāga (festival of arms) at Mathura, where they were to be slain.[4][5] He bears witness to the vishvarupa (theophany) of Krishna during this journey. Akrura becomes the owner of the Syamantaka jewel after the death of its previous owner, Satrajit. He is slain during the internecine Yadu massacre at Prabhasa.[6]
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Akrura (Sanskrit: अक्रूर, romanized: Akrūra, lit. 'not cruel') is a Yadava prince in Hinduism, best known for being the uncle of the deity Krishna. The...
given it to Akrura and Kritavarma for safekeeping. When a famine broke out in Dvaraka, or in other accounts, due to the discovery of Akrura's possession...
realising that Akrura had already fled to Kashi with the Syamantaka jewel, summoned him, and asked him to admit his guilt. When Akrura complied, Krishna...
he also asked the gopis to be his teachers. The gopis told him that when Akrura came to Vrindavana, he took their Krishna with him, and rhetorically asked...
mention Akrura, a Vrishni, as the ruler of Dvaraka. His name is found in the Nirukta (2.2) as the holder of the jewel. In the Puranas, Akrura is mentioned...
the jewel with Akrura, and the latter had been performing religious sacrifices upon golden altars for days on end. Krishna summoned Akrura to Dvaraka, who...
(viz., Ahuka and Akrura,) I do not side with either of them. What can be more painful for a person than to have both Ahuka and Akrura on his side? What...
6th century BCE, contains a reference to the Shyamantaka jewel in the possession of Akrura, a motif from the well-known Puranic story about Krishna. Shatapatha Brahmana...
stands firm. Krishna grieves for being aware of Arjuna's oath. So, he sends Akrura as an emissary to Arjuna. Subhadra also takes off for negotiations, but...
Vasudeva of Mathura, during his horse-sacrifice. He insulted the wife of Akrura (Vabhru – the friend of Krishna), on her way from Dwaraka to Sauvira Kingdom...
hall in the second precinct. The water body associated with the temple is Akrura Tirtham and the vimana is Jagadiswara Vimanam. According to Pillai Perumal...
Gopis along the banks of the river (Gopapura - Ambapaali) When minister Akrura goes and brings Krishna Balaram Brother duos to show them Dhanu jatra at...
of Vishnu in canto 10, chapter 40 of the Bhagavata Purana. In the text, Akrura's prayer contains Hayagriva's name when he had a vision while bathing in...
Vishnu and his avatars, or, equally possible, the five Jain heroes led by Akrūra, which are well attested in Jain texts. In fact, the cult of the Vrishnis...
the milkmaids called the gopis. The poem then describes the arrival of Akrura and Krishna's journey to Mathura, where he slays his tyrannical uncle Kamsa...
names the Vrishni heroes as Baladeva, Akrura, Anadhrsti, Sarana and Viduratha – all Jain heroes and with Akrura as the commander. According to Quintanilla...
Shishupala of Chedi] ravished the reluctant wife of the innocent Vabhru (Akrura) on her way from Dwaraka to the country of the Sauviras."(2:44) This is...
Vishnu and his avatars, or, equally possible, the five Jain heroes led by Akrūra, which are well attested in Jain texts. In fact, the cult of the Vrishnis...
and Vasudava. Kamsa kill killed six children of Devaki. Gargacharya and Akrura rescue the last two children, Balarama and Krishna, from Kamsa and gives...
Krishna's vishvarupa. The other people who also had this privilege were Akrura, Arjuna, Dhritarashtra, Sanjaya, Yashoda and Veda Vyasa. Wandering in the...
CE, states that the Vrishnis may have been the five Jain heroes led by Akrūra. The cult of the Vrishnis may have been cross-sectarian, much like the cult...
akchepana Schmid, 1987 i c g Setodes akilbicha Schmid, 1987 i c g Setodes akrura Gordon & Schmid in Schmid, 1987 i c g Setodes akunchita Schmid, 1987 i c...
Self-restraint (Damah), truth (Satya) and the Ocean of milk became Uddhava, Akrura, and broken curd pots for Krishna's play respectively, asserts the text...
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