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'''Shishupala''' ({{lang-sa|शिशुपाल}}, lit. ''protector of demon'', [[IAST]]: ''Śiśupāla''; sometimes spelt '''Sisupala''') was the son of Damaghosha after whom descendants to Chedi Kings were named as [[Hindu Ghosi]]s a tribe king of [[Yadav]]as in of [[Chedi Kingdom|Chedi]], by Srutashubha , sister of [[Vasudeva]] and [[Kunti]] and cousin of [[Nanda Baba]]. He was slained by [[Krishna]], his cousin and an avatar of [[Vishnu]], at the great coronation ceremony of [[Yudhishthira]] in punishment for the opprobrious abuse made against his august personage. He is also referred to as Chaidya ("(Prince) of the Chedis"). Shishupala was the third and last birth of Vishnu's gatekeeper [[Jaya-Vijaya|Jaya]].<ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/80 80]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> | '''Shishupala''' ({{lang-sa|शिशुपाल}}, lit. ''protector of demon'', [[IAST]]: ''Śiśupāla''; sometimes spelt '''Sisupala''') was the son of Damaghosha after whom descendants to Chedi Kings were named as [[Hindu Ghosi]]s a tribe king of [[Yadav]]as in of [[Chedi Kingdom|Chedi]], by Srutashubha , sister of [[Vasudeva]] and [[Kunti]] and cousin of [[Nanda Baba]]. He was slained by [[Krishna]], his cousin and an avatar of [[Vishnu]], at the great coronation ceremony of [[Yudhishthira]] in punishment for the opprobrious abuse made against his august personage. He is also referred to as Chaidya ("(Prince) of the Chedis"). Shishupala was the third and last birth of Vishnu's gatekeeper [[Jaya-Vijaya|Jaya]].<ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/80 80]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> | ||