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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Queen of the god Krishna in Hinduism}}<br />
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'''Rohini''' is a queen of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] god [[Krishna]], who is an [[avatar]] of the god [[Vishnu]] and the king of [[Dwarka|Dvaraka]] in the ''[[Dvapara Yuga]]'' (epoch). She is mentioned as a queen in the [[Hindu epic]] ''[[Mahabharata]]'', the ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'', the ''[[Bhagavata Purana]],'' and the ''[[Harivamsa]]'', an appendix of the ''Mahabharata''. Krishna is described to have the eight principal queen-consorts, the [[Ashtabharya]] and [[Junior wives of Krishna|16,000 or 16,100 ceremonial wives]]; Rohini is described as one of the Ashtabharya or identified with the queen [[Jambavati]] in some lists and head of the other wives in a different list.<br />
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==Association with Jambavati==<br />
The ''Vishnu Purana'' says that Rohini is very beautiful. Ratnagrabha, a commentator on the scripture, includes her as one of the Ashtabharya, identifying her with [[Jambavati]]. He considers Rohini as the queen's birth name and Jambavati, a patronymic literally "daughter of [[Jambavan]]" her epithet. However, another commentator Sridhara disagrees and considers her as distinct from Jambavati. The ''Vishnu Purana'' mentions that she had Diptimat, Tamrapaksha and other sons.<ref name="Wilson1870">{{cite book|author=Horace Hayman Wilson|title=The Vishńu Puráńa: a system of Hindu mythology and tradition|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RO8oAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=20 February 2013|year=1870|publisher=Trübner|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RO8oAAAAYAAJ/page/n82 79]-83, 107}}</ref> The ''[[Harivamsa]]'' also suggests that Rohini may be an alternate name of Jambavati.<ref name="hopkins">{{cite book|last=Hopkins |first=Edward Washburn|author-link=Edward Washburn Hopkins|title=Epic mythology |url=https://archive.org/stream/epicmythology00hopkuoft#page/n17/mode/2up/|year=1915|publisher=Strassburg K.J. Trübner|isbn=0-8426-0560-6|page = 13}}</ref> Indologist [[Horace Hayman Wilson]] feels that in the ''Vishnu Purana'' as well as the ''Bhagavata Purana'', Rohini and Jambavati are different individuals. He feels that she could a later addition to the original list of 8 chief queens.<ref name="Wilson1870"/><br />
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==Head of non-principal wives==<br />
The ''Bhagavata Purana'' does not mention her when the eight principal wives are mentioned.<ref name="prabhupada"/> Rohini and Krishna are described to have unspecified number of sons, out of which only Diptiman and Tamratapta are named.<ref name="Venkatesananda(Swami.)1989"/> Many commentaries and translations of the scripture regard Rohini to be the chief of the [[Junior wives of Krishna|16,000 non-principal wives]] - who were kidnapped by the demon [[Narakasura]] and were rescued by Krishna after killing the demon - and represents them.<ref name="prabhupada">{{cite web|url=http://vedabase.net/sb/10/61/18/en|title=Bhagavata Purana 10.61.18|author=Prabhupada|author-link=Prabhupada|publisher=[[Bhaktivedanta Book Trust]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921163109/http://vedabase.net/sb/10/61/18/en|archivedate=2014-09-21}}</ref><ref name="Venkatesananda(Swami.)1989">{{cite book|author1=Swami Venkatesananda|author2=Venkatesananda (Swami.)|title=The Concise Śrīmad Bhāgavataṁ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLkrkjn1Yv0C&pg=PA301|accessdate=2 March 2013|year=1989|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-2283-1|pages=301, 323}}</ref><ref name="ShastriKunst">{{cite book|author1=Jagdish Lal Shastri|author2=Arnold Kunst|title=Ancient Indian tradition & mythology|date=1970 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n04IAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2 March 2013|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=1649}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
The ''[[Mausala Parva]]'' of the ''Mahabharata'' which describes the death of Krishna and end of his race records four of Krishna's wives, including Rohini jumped into his funeral pyre, immolating themselves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m16/m16007.htm|title=The Mahabharata, Book 16: Mausala Parva|accessdate=18 March 2013|publisher=Sacred-texts.com|author=Kisari Mohan Ganguli|author-link=Kisari Mohan Ganguli}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category: Consorts of Krishna]]<br />
[[Category: Characters in the Bhagavata Purana]]</div>A.RAHMAN