Editing Devaki (section)

{{short description|Mother of Hindu god Krishna}}
{{About|the mother of [[Krishna]]||}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox deity
| texts = [[Bhagavata Purana]], [[Mahabharata]]
| image = Krishna meets parents.jpg
| caption = [[Krishna]] and [[Balarama]] meet their parents (Painting by [[Raja Ravi Varma]])
| spouse = [[Vasudeva]]
| children = [[Balarama]] and [[Krishna]] (sons)<br>[[Subhadra]] (step-daughter)<br>Sadgarbha (first six children){{efn|Devaki bore eight children, but the first six were killed by her brother [[Kamsa]] upon their birth. Balarama was conceived by Devaki, but he was transferred into the womb of [[Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)|Rohini]] by the goddess [[Yogamaya]].}}
| parents = Devaka/Devapa (father)
| type = Hindu
| siblings = Dhrtadeva, Santideva, Upadeva, Srideva, Devaraksita, and Sahadeva (sisters)<br>
Devavana, Upadeva, Sudeva, Devavardhana (brothers)<br>Subala (half-sister, wife of Vidura)
| dynasty = [[Yadu|Yaduvamsha]]
}}

'''Devaki''' ([[Sanskrit]]: देवकी, [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: ''Devakī'') is a character in [[Hindu texts|Hindu literature]], most noted for being the mother of the god [[Krishna]].<ref name="sacred-texts1">{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp108.htm|title=The Vishnu Purana: Book IV|chapter=XV|page=438}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m06/m06123.htm |title=The Mahabharata: Book VI |publisher=[[Sacred-texts.com]]|page=311|chapter=123}}</ref> She is one of the seven daughters of Devapa or Devaka, a king of the [[Yadu|Yadu dynasty]], and has four brothers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mani |first=Vettam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&dq=devaki+devaka&pg=PA210 |title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature |date=2015-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0597-2 |pages=210}}</ref> She is one of the wives of [[Vasudeva]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp107.htm |title=The Vishnu Purana: Book IV|publisher=[[Sacred-texts.com]]|page=435|chapter=XIV}}</ref> Her cousin is [[Kamsa]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chapple |first=Christopher Key |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ShlAAAAQBAJ&dq=kamsa+devaki%27s+cousin&pg=PA14 |title=The Bhagavad Gita: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition |date=2009-03-19 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-1-4384-2841-3 |pages=14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0haDwAAQBAJ&dq=kamsa+devaki%27s+cousin&pg=PA20 |last=Herman |first=A. L. |date=2018-05-04 |title=A Brief Introduction To Hinduism: Religion, Philosophy, And Ways Of Liberation |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-98238-5 |pages=20}}</ref> the king of Mathura, a cruel tyrant who had been told by [[Narada]] that he had been an [[asura]] killed by [[Vishnu]] in his previous life ([[Kalanemi]]), exacerbating his wickedness.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Knapp |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2KPChj7lTwC&dq=kamsa+devaki&pg=PA222 |title=The Heart of kshatriya Hinduism: The Eastern Path to Freedom, Empowerment And Illumination |date=2005 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-0-595-35075-9}}</ref> According to popular tradition, Devaki is considered to be an incarnation of [[Aditi]], a mother goddess who was the daughter of [[Daksha]] and the wife of [[Kashyapa]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mani |first=Vettam |title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature |date=2015-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0597-2 |pages=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&dq=devaki+devaka&pg=PA210}}</ref>