This article is about the king in Hindu mythology. For the kingdom, see Surasena.
Fictional character
Shurasena
Personal Information
Family
Parents
Devamida (father)[1]
Siblings
Parjanya (brother)
Spouse
Marisha
Children
Children 15 Children, including:
Samudravijaya (son)
Vasudeva (son)
Pritha (daughter)
Relatives
Cousins
Kuntibhoja (cousin)
Shurasena (Sanskrit: शूरसेन, IAST: Śūrasena) is a Yadava ruler of Mathura featured in Hindu mythology. He was married to a nāga (or serpent) woman named Marisha. She bore all of his children and was the cause for Vasuki's boon to Bhima.[2] He is stated to be the king after whom the Surasena Kingdom and the Yadava sect of Surasenas were named.
Shurasena was the father of Samudravijaya (himself father of Arishtanemi), Vasudeva (himself father of Vāsudeva-Krishna) and Kunti (mother of Karna and the Pandavas)[3] He is extensively mentioned in both the Mahabharata and the Puranas as the father of Vasudeva (father of Krishna) and Kunti.
Shurasena (Sanskrit: शूरसेन, IAST: Śūrasena) is a Yadava ruler of Mathura featured in Hindu mythology. He was married to a nāga (or serpent) woman named...
beauty, intelligence and shrewdness. Originally born to the Yadava chief Shurasena, Pritha was adopted by her childless uncle, Kuntibhoja, and subsequently...
the origin of the Shurasenas. According to a tradition, found in the Linga Purana (I.68.19), Shurasenas were descendants of Shurasena, son of Arjuna Kartavirya...
king of the Vrishnis, and a Yadava prince. The son of the Yadava king Shurasena, he was also the second cousin of Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna...
Accordingly, Ishwari Prasad and a few other scholars argue that Porus was a Shurasena. This identification is based on the fact that multiple Greek histories...
on Krishna, "there is little doubt that the Sourasenoi refers to the Shurasenas, a branch of the Yadu dynasty to which Krishna belonged". The word Herakles...
brahminical in habit and practices. Indian campaign of Alexander the Great Shurasena Yadu Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia...
authored dramas in Kannada and translated William Shakespeare's "Othello" to Shurasena Charite. His well-known translations from Sanskrit to Kannada are many...
father of Kunti and cousin of Shurasena. He was the ruler of the Kunti Kingdom. Kunti was a daughter of King Shurasena but was later given to Kuntibhoja...
married to Kunti, the adoptive daughter of Kuntibhoja and the daughter of Shurasena (father of Vasudeva and grandfather of Krishna). His second wife was the...
cleanse himself of his sins. While Parashurama had left for this penance, Shurasena, a son of Kartavirya Arjuna, and his men, exacted their vengeance by beheading...
figure in overthrowing Kamsa, the king of Surasena Kingdom. The kingdom of Shurasena was the native kingdom of Yadava clans constituted by the Andhakas, Vrishnis...
famous work of Shakespeare, Othello, into Kannada and it is known as Shurasena Charita. He has also written Damayanti in Champu style, Savitri Charita...
named Vasu. Vasu had two sons, Kriti and Kukura. Kriti's descendants were Shurasena, Vasudeva, Kunti, etc. Kukura's descendants were Ugrasena, Kamsa and Devaki...
Vasudeva, the father of Krishna. Both parents were children of the king Shurasena. Citations Davis, Richard H. (26 October 2014). The Bhagavad Gita. Princeton...
Pritha at birth, Kunti is described as the daughter of the Yadava king Shurasena and is adopted by the childless Kuntibhoja, the king of the Kunti kingdom...
that Methora in ancient Greek texts is same as Mathura, Sourasenoi as Shurasenas, Herakles of India is Hari-Krishna, Kleisobora is Krishna-pura. Similarly...
According to the legend, there was a king of the Yadava dynasty named Shurasena who had a beautiful young daughter named Pritha (later Kunti). A rishi...
exterminated by Mahapadma include Maithalas, Kasheyas, Ikshvakus, Panchalas, Shurasenas, Kurus, Haihayas, Vitihotras, Kalingas, and Ashmakas. The Matsya Purana...
exterminated by him include Maithalas, Kasheyas, Ikshvakus, Panchalas, Shurasenas, Kurus, Haihayas, Vitihotras, Kalingas, and Ashmakas. The Maithala (literally...
Dandanayaka (judge). The Lichchavi inscription of Deopatan mentions Rajputra Shurasena as well as the inscriptions of Adeshwar mention the names of Rajputra...
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