Jambavati

Jambavati
Member of Ashtabharya
Jambavati and the other Ashtabharya of Krishna, Mysore painting.
Other namesNarendraputri, Rohini
AffiliationDevi, Ashtabharya, Lakshmi, Rohini
AbodesDvaraka
TextsVishnu Purana, Mahabharata, Harivamsa, Srimad Bhagavatam
Genealogy
Parents
ConsortKrishna
ChildrenSamba, Sumitra, Purujit, Shatajit, Sahasrajit, Vijaya, Chitraketu, Vasuman, Dravida, and Kratu
DynastyYaduvamsha (by marriage)

Jambavati (Sanskrit: जाम्बवती, romanized: Jāmbavatī) is chronologically the second Ashtabharya of the Hindu god Krishna. She is the only daughter of the bear-king Jambavan. Krishna marries her when he defeats her father, Jambavan, in his quest to retrieve the stolen Syamantaka jewel.