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[[File:Pradyumna, holding a bow and an arrow, in the Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE.jpg|thumb|upright|Pradyumna, holding a bow and an arrow, in the Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE]] | [[File:Pradyumna, holding a bow and an arrow, in the Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE.jpg|thumb|upright|Pradyumna, holding a bow and an arrow, in the Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE]] | ||
'''Pradyumna''' ( | '''Pradyumna''' (प्रद्युम्न) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 55 |url=http://bhagavata.org/canto10/chapter55.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=bhagavata.org}}</ref> is the eldest son of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] deities [[Krishna]] and his wife [[Rukmini]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSsqAAAAYAAJ&q=rukmini+chief+consort+krishna |title=Books 8-12: Krishna, spirit of delight |date=1976 |publisher=Vighneswara Publishing House |pages=740 |language=en}}</ref> He is considered to be one of the four [[vyuha]] avatars of [[Vishnu]]. According to the [[Bhagavata Purana]], Pradyumna was the reincarnation of [[Kamadeva]], the god of love. The [[Mahabharata]] states that Pradyumna was a portion of [[Four Kumaras|Sanat Kumara]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 55|url=https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/55/1/}}</ref> | ||
The [[Harivamsa]] describes the [[Caturvyūha|chaturvyuha]], consisisting of the [[Vrishni heroes]] [[Vāsudeva]], [[Samkarsana]], Pradyumna, and [[Aniruddha]], that would later be the basis for the [[Vaishnava]] concept of primary quadrupled expansion, or [[avatara]]. | The [[Harivamsa]] describes the [[Caturvyūha|chaturvyuha]], consisisting of the [[Vrishni heroes]] [[Vāsudeva]], [[Samkarsana]], Pradyumna, and [[Aniruddha]], that would later be the basis for the [[Vaishnava]] concept of primary quadrupled expansion, or [[avatara]]. | ||
Pradyumna is also another name of the Hindu god Vishnu, mentioned to be one of the 24 [[Keshava Namas]] (names). | Pradyumna is also another name of the Hindu god Vishnu, mentioned to be one of the 24 [[Keshava Namas]] (names). | ||
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