Rukmini
Rukmini ( Sanskrit रुक्मिणी Rukmiṇī ) is a female given name of Indian origin and means "the golden one". Rukmini is one of the nicknames of the goddess Lakshmi .
Deities Krishna and Rukmini on an altar in a temple in Los Angeles
In Indian mythology, the Bhagavatapurana and the Mahabharata , Rukmini is the daughter of Bhishmaka and the wife of Krishna . He desires the beautiful Rukmini to be a wife and she thinks of no one other than him. But it is promised to someone else, Krishna's cousin Shishupala . At Rukmini's request, Krishna kidnaps the girl shortly before the unwanted wedding and defeats her brother Rukmi in a fight. Eventually he marries her and she gives birth to 10 sons. Krishna marries 16007 other women, but she remains his main wife .
Well-known namesake
- Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986), Indian dancer, politician and theosophist
- Rukmini Vijayakumar , Tamil actress and Bharatanatyam dancer
Individual evidence
- ↑ The large first name dictionary. Duden, 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 .
- ↑ Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam. ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Original text in English
- ↑ Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam. ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Original text in English
