THE LIVING ARCHIVE
About Nagnajiti
Her father is Nagnajit, the pious king of Kosala. Nagnajiti means the daughter of Nagnajit, while Satya is her personal name in the same account. These names identify one queen, rather than two separate marriages or an additional member of Krishna’s principal household.
Her dynastic branch is recorded through ten sons: Vira, Chandra, Ashvasena, Chitragu, Vegavan, Vrisha, Ama, Shanku, Vasu and Kunti. Several names also occur elsewhere in sacred narratives; here they designate sons of Krishna and Satya, not the serpent Ashvasena or the Pandavas’ mother Kunti.
AT A GLANCE
Identity & Context
- Identity
- King
- Form
- King / queen / prince / princess
- Tradition
- Vaishnava · Puranic
- Also Known As
- Satya (Krishna queen)
- World & Associations
- Kosala; Dvaraka
Family & Relationships
- ConsortKrishna
Family Context
These relationships follow the traditions described here. Some details remain uncertain and should not be treated as a single universal genealogy.
THE STORY
Life & Stories
Story Connections
- Marriage contest
ROLE & ESSENCE
Attributes & Significance
The king’s promise gives the marriage a public condition, while Satya’s later speech supplies her personal understanding of the result. She recalls the strength of the bulls, Krishna’s success and the opposed journey afterward as the events that brought her to the husband she reveres.
Role
Krishna's queen also called Satya, associated with the contest involving seven bulls.
Attributes & Abilities
The available references identify this figure through genealogy or narrative context, without establishing a separate list of individual powers. Powers attributed to a wider group are not automatically assigned to this individual.
TRADITION & MEANING
Traditions & Interpretations
The two names preserve different aspects of her identity. Nagnajiti connects her with the royal house that sets the contest; Satya is the woman who later tells Draupadi what that marriage means to her.
Satya and Nagnajiti are names of the same queen: one is her personal name and the other identifies her as Nagnajit’s daughter. She is distinct from Satyabhama, whose family and marriage belong to the Syamantaka story.
From the Sacred Texts
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Artwork & Archive Notes
Objects & Emblems
No named weapon or artifact is specified in this profile’s reference record. This does not establish that the figure never used one.
Visual Identity
Where artwork is shown, it is a contemporary illustrative interpretation. This reference record does not establish a fixed portrait, colour scheme, or complete set of iconographic attributes for this figure.
Tradition Note
The accounts belong to Vaishnava / Puranic. Genealogy, theological interpretation, and portrayal can differ between texts and regional retellings.
FOLLOW THE THREADS
Connected Cards
4 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Characters & Cosmic Entities2
Krishna fulfils the test and marries Satya.
Satya explains the bulls and wedding journey to Draupadi.
