Vrishta

THE LIVING ARCHIVE

About Vrishta

Vrishta belongs to the Kukkura house, one of the branches descending from Andhaka and Satvata. Andhaka’s son Bhajamana begins a separate line that later reaches Hridika and Shura. The Kukkura succession instead leads toward Ahuka’s household. These branches share older ancestors but have their own intervening generations.

AT A GLANCE

Identity & Context

Identity: King
Form: Yadava Royal House
Tradition: Puranic Royal Genealogy

Family & Relationships

ParentKukkura
Kukkura is the parent of Vrishta in this account.
ChildKapotaroman
Vrishta is the parent of Kapotaroman in this account.

IN THE TRADITION

Recorded Context

Family and Wider Context

After Vrishta, the selected succession proceeds through Kapotaroman and Viloman to Bhava, Abhijit and Punarvasu. Ahuka follows Punarvasu and becomes the father of Devaka and Ugrasena. Devaki belongs to Devaka’s household, while Kamsa belongs to Ugrasena’s. Those later relationships give this ancestry a place in the family setting of Krishna’s story.

ROLE & ESSENCE

Attributes & Significance

After Vrishta, the family continues through Kapotaroman, Viloman, Bhava, Abhijit and Punarvasu to Ahuka. Ahuka’s sons Devaka and Ugrasena are the fathers of Devaki and Kamsa. Vrishta therefore belongs to an earlier stage in the ancestry behind Krishna’s family setting.

Role

Vrishta is the son of Kukkura and the father of Kapotaroman in the Yadava genealogy. He belongs to Andhaka’s branch of Satvata’s descendants, in the line leading toward Ahuka and his sons Devaka and Ugrasena.

TRADITION & MEANING

Traditions & Interpretations

Vrishta is the form used for Kukkura’s son in this account. Parallel genealogies use related name forms, including Vrishni, but this family position is separate from the earlier Vrishni ancestors identified through Kunti or Satvata.