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Elder brother of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, born to Devakī and transplanted into the womb of Rohiṇī by Yogamāyā — earning the name Saṅkarṣaṇa ('he who was drawn away'). Two Vaiṣṇava streams descri…

Two authoritative streams disagree about the eighth Daśāvatāra: one names Kṛṣṇa the avatāra with Balarāma as Ādi-Śeṣa, the other (Gauḍīya) names Kṛṣṇa Svayam Bhagavān with Balarāma…

… ṣaṇa, with both his agricultural iconography (plough, mace, dark-blue garments, forest-flower garland, fair complexion) and his cosmic role as the support of the worlds. Readers wh …